• supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
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    15 hours ago

    Massive corporate social media companies and rightwing billionaires are the problem, not social media.

    Not sure if you’re trying to argue that modern social media is a good thing… Because it really isn’t.

    What are you doing here then?

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      14 hours ago

      Lemmy might fit within the technical definition of social media, but don’t be so obtuse as to equate an anonymous community message board with the likes of Facebook and IG that are tied to your identity, and are designed algorithmically to keep you engaged as long as possible while pressuring you to share more and more of your personal life.

      The “If social media bad, why on Lemmy?” Thing is the epitome of halfwit false equivalency.

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        14 hours ago

        Lemmy might fit within the technical definition of social media, but don’t be so obtuse as to equate an anonymous community message board with the likes of Facebook and IG that are tied to your identity, and are designed algorithmically to keep you engaged as long as possible while pressuring you to share more and more of your personal life.

        then use your brain and analyze this deeper than social media = bad

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          13 hours ago

          Nobody is interested in seriously engaging with your sophomoric “you criticize society yet you participate in it” nonsense. We get it, you’re 14 and think you’re deep.