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• dbkblk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’m not so sure. Facebook was a great tool to create local communities at first. Then it became greedy and change the algorithm for ads and being attention driven. If you remove facebook (which I don’t use since months), it’s harder to find what’s new around you. Especially on the countryside.

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  • Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That’s precisely why it was a mistake. People did those things before Facebook, but now? So many people have no clue how to exist without it, and all the while, it’s weaponized against people’s ignorance by bad actors who are greedy for power and money.

    Hell, we’ve had to create decentralized tools just to get some of our agency back. And yet, even knowing that their data is fodder for those same bad actors, people still flock to those previous systems like Facebook, TikTok, Xitter, and Instagram.

    Social media isn’t a mistake because social media is inherently bad. It’s a mistake, because humans in general are too stupid to protect themselves.

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    • dbkblk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      No, people didn’t do such things before, I disagree. People got out, of course, but it had greatly increased market view for events, because random people around could get the information. Before that, it was just displays on the walls, local newspapers, etc, but the potential viewers are way less.

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• jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Turns out unfettered greed turns everything it touches to shit.

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  • Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Also, humans in general are dumb. But moreso your thing.

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• RxBrad@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It was all about “fun” in the days of MySpace and Digg and early-Reddit. That damn cat wanted a damn cheeseburger and we all laughed about it.

  Then it became all about politics. And people would go to any lengths to ensure that “their” politics “won” on social media. We went from people having fleets of alt accounts, to fleets of bots, to just having AI spread and upvote propaganda.

  So, it’s all just gross now. I want my goddamn Geocities & Yahoo! Towers back.

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• TORFdot0@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  If it weren’t for social media, humanity would find another technology to lie and manipulate people for money and power.

  Money and Power are what corrupts, not technology

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• MITM0@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  You can choose to leave

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  • Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Very astute observation. Bravo.

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