Opinion | Social Media: A Cesspool That Shines as Our Favorite


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Meta’s new Threads app has gained over 100 million users within a week.

On “Matter of Opinion,” the hosts explore the reasons behind such a large user base and question whether social media is truly social anymore, despite its negative reputation.

Warning: This episode contains explicit language.

(A full transcript of the episode will be available midday on the Times website.)

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Follow our hosts on Twitter: Michelle Cottle (@mcottle), Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT), Carlos Lozada (@CarlosNYT), and Lydia Polgreen (@lpolgreen).

“Matter of Opinion” is produced by Sophia Alvarez Boyd, Derek Arthur, and Phoebe Lett. It was edited by Stephanie Joyce with mixing by Carole Sabouraud. Original music by Isaac Jones, Efim Shapiro, Carole Sabouraud, Sonia Herrero, and Pat McCusker. Fact-checking by Kate Sinclair, Mary Marge Locker, and Michelle Harris. Audience strategy by Shannon Busta and Kristina Samulewski. Our executive producer is Annie-Rose Strasser.

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