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Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 day agoAll social media is a net negative on society. Twitter has been far, far worse because it has a false legitimacy given to it by mainstream media, the much, much larger user base and terrible, terrible people using it as their soapbox.
drmoose@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I disagree with this very western take. Social media is huge and connects billions of people that otherwise would be disconnect. It also allowed to rise of many net positive liberal ideas especially in the eveloping countries and the incredible economical stimulation is rarely talked about.
People forget how bad the world was before internet. Sure it raises some issues but also solved much more.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Internet =/= social media.
We had the spreading of positive, liberal ideas before social media was commodifying all human interactions and the corporations weren’t able to influence individuals with forums, personal websites and IRC. Hell, even AIM and ICQ were better then what we have now.
If I turn off my ad blockers, I will see conservative ads, not because that’s what I want to see, but because that’s what the corporations want me to see.
drmoose@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
I’m not sure if they’re all that different. Early forums were very much similar to Facebook walls etc. Irc even had bot powered gamed and complex systems like user verification etc.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
No. Forums weren’t anything like facebook or twitter. You had to choose to go onto forums and find the info you wanted. Now, you’re socially expected to have a facebook and twitter account and be subject to whatever viral trend the corporations decide to let you see.
Once upon a time, if you wanted to see neo-nazi shit, you have to learn about Stormfront from some crazy guy at a bar or some recruiter before they get kicked out of a punk show. Now, it’s delivered right to you and your grandmother first thing in the morning.