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One truth about the modern media landscape: stories that pit groups against each other play well
I hadn’t thought about this, it’s a good point. Thank you for broadening my perspective
I wonder how Lemmy can avoid becoming an echo chamber
Good! We need to hold these companies accountable. Around the mid 2010s they realized that it’s more profitable to have addicts instead of users. Casinos, bars, and cigarette sellers are forbidden from selling to children. These addictive platforms should be subject to similar limitations
Relevant Tom Scott presentation
The extreme ends of content moderation is Echo Chambers or Nazi Bars
Sounds like we need to push Signal in Afghanistan!
I think most of the crazy lawmakers are not actually crazy. You probably need to be quite intelligent to make it through all the hoops to get elected to congress. It’s an act that they know gets them attention on social media, but on issues that aren’t partisan they can actually act like adults
This hasn’t been my experience
I wasn’t aware of the tipping controversy. That’s not a good look, but I don’t use their crypto features (apart from IPFS every once in a while).
No tech company is squeaky clean in 2024, and Brave’s baggage seems better than Chrome’s.
I use Brave an don’t understand the hate it gets. Seems like a good alternative to Chrome if you don’t like ads. Can someone fill me in on where the hate comes from?
Edit: The people downvoting this comment instead of having a discussion are really winning me over to their side /s
Name 5 societies in all of history, that are as diverse as the western world today and have the levels of opportunity for minorities