My understanding is that the tech giants (google, meta etc) are wanting to maximise money from advertising. Content that gets more clicks and comments gets pushed forward. This tends to be things that are sensationalist, divisive, rage bait, etc. And now even the regular news outlets do it, because they want the online engagement. An example might be what used to be a few days of low 30s temps in December, unmentioned outside of weather reports, has morphed into āDangerous heatwave to scorch Melbourne this weekendā. Itās impossible to sift the real from the exaggerated. Negativity sells. I hate it.
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Seagoon_@aussie.zone āØ4ā© āØmonthsā© ago
Itās not just me, the internets really is mostly a negative place . I search for positive things and results slowly turn negative with each iteration. I donāt like what it does to my moods.
People are going to switch off, I know I am slowly switching off . I donāt read the papers as much as I used to. I see fewer people with their noses in their phone.
I donāt listen to as many pods as I used to, ytās are looking bad.
Reddit is actually pretty good by comparison, if you are careful you will have positive experiences. Lemmy is good too. š
SituationCake@aussie.zone āØ4ā© āØmonthsā© ago
Baku@aussie.zone āØ4ā© āØmonthsā© ago
Iāve been feeling the same recently. I try not to critical because Iām guilty of doing all the things I dislike multiple times over, and generally foster a negative atmosphere.
Honestly Iām feeling much the same as before I left. But itās probably my fault
Seagoon_@aussie.zone āØ4ā© āØmonthsā© ago
I think itās becoming a general societal mood. That could be because we have an aging population and older people tend to more negativity, or it could be economic circumstances and internets.
Baku@aussie.zone āØ4ā© āØmonthsā© ago
Yeah, itās a tough gig at the moment. More and more people doing it harder and harder, and a generally shrinking middle class
I was going to say that, but bit my tongue. Iāve been feeling growing negativity around here (not the DT, specifically, but definitely AZ as well as wider Lemmy). I have a suspicion that itās at least partially caused by these parts mostly being used by millennials, who are starting to lose touch and act more cynical and jaded. Canāt blame them, people aging, losing touch, and getting angry at new concepts seems to be the oldest human tradition at this point. Again, I donāt criticise, I realise Iām probably one of about 15 people on the entire fediverse under the age of 30, and Iām okay with that, I think I have a broad enough range of taste in most things to connect with nearly everyone, but sometimes the constant generational warfare and anger is enough to drive me bonkers
Maybe we need to team up and start a positivity club
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone āØ4ā© āØmonthsā© ago
I find that I get upset easier than normal if I spend enough time reading peopleās comments or social media in general.
This is literally one of 4 websites I visit.