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dbkblk@lemmy.world 5 days agoI’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.
Telorand@reddthat.com 5 days 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.
dbkblk@lemmy.world 5 days 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.