Comment on Are you using Lemmy / others to create noise in your life and to replace talking to people irl?
whimsy@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I feel like you are on to something there. I was never interacting with people online prior to this. I was a heavy user of reddit, but never posted anything. And then when they went to shit (closing the API down) I migrated to lemmy and I did (still do) feel like I need to be active here so that I’m doing my part for the human part of the internet
You owe no online community anything, especially not your short-lived time.
This is a very powerful argument and one can use it justify all sorts of selfish behaviour (as a strawman). I’m not saying I entirely disagree with this statement but on the other hand, what else do we have. I mean in this short lived time, if we’re not engaging with community and other people, what even is the point.
One could argue to find the community offline/IRL, but it’s not so easy. And moreover, I want the old/indie/free/community run web back. Too many things have been fucking enshittified by capitalism
catty@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And it’s because of this dopamine hit / concept. that facebook uses bots and AI gen content to ‘interact’ with people to create an echo chamber and keep them coming back for more ad views.
The original internet is way gone. The pool is now long closed. No more free bitcoins. No more original internet. Connecting with real people and not faceless AI gen bots is where it’s at.