Comment on Do you think Social Media is just exaggerated as being placed of being the source of all problems?
Kelsier@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yes, social media is the problem. But there are two social media spheres. The one where we are, with Lemmy and Mastodon, is not the problem. The problem is the social media that exists in the capitalist world. What happened with the internet is that we invented a lot of services that should be a human right but they are controlled by corporations. Everyone should have access to a zero knowledge email, everyone should have access to a social media platform that is not controlled by anyone (it’s a public space).
iii@mander.xyz 1 month ago
They have, and choose not to.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
This. Don’t rob the public of agency, they actively choose algorithms.
Kelsier@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I don’t disagree with that but what about the people that are not connected to information like we are? What about the average Joe that is asked for an Instagram account so that he can get the contact of a person promising a job? (Just a random example).
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I have a Facebook account too actually for far more vapid reasons of needing a “meta” account to use Oculus Quest, and I have an Instagram from the before-times - for when I was a content creator. I just don’t use them.