Network Working Group E. of Internet-Draft The Internet Intended status: Informational July 16, 2018 Expires: January 17, 2019 Social Media (An Apology) draft-elders-social-media-apology-00 Abstract Oops, we did it again. Status of This Memo This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. The list of current Internet- Drafts is at https://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current/. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." This Internet-Draft will expire on January 17, 2019. Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2018 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (https://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of publication of this document. Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. of Expires January 17, 2019 [Page 1]

Internet-Draft Social Media (An Apology) July 2018 1 . Introduction RFC7258]. As a result, we were caught unawares when the Internet became the sink for every poorly-considered argument, paranoid thought when you wake up in the dead of night, and shrieking nutjob you'd usually cross the street to avoid. Combined with the magnification offered by "likes" and "retweets", along with the inevitable back-and-forth squabbling that ensures, the Internet is currently having a crippling effect on your ability to work, communicate productively, and - occasionally - breathe. In retrospect, we should have known; USENET was a pretty clear warning. We will do better. 2 . Mitigations 2.1 . Meme-Only Diet fourchan]). of Expires January 17, 2019 [Page 2]

Internet-Draft Social Media (An Apology) July 2018 Applications for membership are now being accepted at the usual IPv6 address. Author's Address Elders of the Internet The Internet Email: internet-elders@hotmail.com of Expires January 17, 2019 [Page 4]