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umbrella@lemmy.ml 5 weeks agothe fediverse has twitter instagram and tiktok analogues, which could theoretically offer these things (which i think is a normie problem, not just a young people problem)
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Yeah, they theoretically could, but even getting reddit users moving over to the fediverse has been a challenge and reddit type social is basically an old school forum with a different UI.
When it comes to tiktok, twitter, Instagram type social media I think the main draw is getting the most views possible and going viral and getting followers, which leads to them wanting to be where all the famous people are and all the companies are.
It’ll appeal to those who want to escape corporatized sites, but I don’t think it’ll appeal to core users, since they want that large audience and followers. That they would use those sites to begin with that had privacy red flags makes it a big challenge, since they are willing to give that up in exchange for attention.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
we do have to collectively figure it out somehow though. a lot of current society’s problems trace back to social media.
and well, that responsibility is on our kinda people right now.
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Think we’ve learned most people are easily impressionable or hateful or both with how easily they get swept up in things that disturb us, and its unfortunately a minority that aren’t despite being no more privileged, educated, or smarter than peers.
I guess its kind of like gambling as an example where no matter how much people try and dissuade others from falling into it their attempts fall on deaf ears to the majority actions. And its not that people who don’t fall into it are smarter.
Sometimes the issue is that the vast collective is just already set on their own course of action, and we’re just taken along for the ride due to their vast numbers and drowned out.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
if people are impressionable, they can be swayed. it just feels immovable because it takes time, but culture can and does change.