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milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• ameancow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I do not see how Lemmy helps with anything other than allowing people another excuse for escapism and scrolling on the internet over actually developing life skills, seeing new sights, socializing with humans, getting better at understanding people, and actually making an effort to communicate with others, doing some small part to make the world better.

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  • bunnyBoy@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I think the ‘problem’ the meme is referencing is supporting centralized social media run by corporations. I think the ‘problem’ you are talking about is more along the lines of tech addiction. Something can fix one problem without fixing every problem.

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    • ameancow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Sure, and my point is maybe we all need to put away the internet, it’s literally killing us and the world.

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      • CalipherJones@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        The internet can be an amazing thing. It’s greed that’s turned it into an incorporated husk.

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    • Kirk@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It would be weird if a Lemmy instance tried to make itself addictive. Like congrats your users request way more content and it costs 10x more to operate now yay

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  • milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Then why are you here?

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  • RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Sounds like a YOU problem.

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  • applemao@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I actually enjoy talking with others on here. My worldview has expanded because of it.

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  • 3dmvr@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    This shits so funny bruh, stop using social media as your excuse for not developing skills, yeah its addictive but you make an active choice to not delete these apps, if I want to get shit done I delete tiktok, there you go, no longer distracted by easy scroll dopamine. Went i want a break from learning skills, seeing new sights, I redload it, wtf do you think social media is, there is less small talk and more proper socializing on lemmy/reddit type platforms than any other

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  • untakenusername@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    with reddit the CEO ad shareholders control what gets promoted or silenced; with Lemmy they don’t have that power. that’s how it helps

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  • ArtificialHoldings@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Link aggregate sites do perform an actual function outside of the use case of doom scrolling. It’s a way that I engage with my niche hobby groups, aggregate news, and troubleshoot niche tech issues. There’s a reason why you Google a question then add “reddit” at the end.

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