You might not realize it, but the Fediverse is social media so a ban would be rather detrimental to this place.
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Didntdoit71@feddit.online 2 days ago
I say that, in order to save the species, ban all social media, everywhere.
lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Soggy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Damn near the entire internet is “social media” but people usually mean “social networking sites”.
douglasg14b@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That’s literally not possible.
I’m not talking about from a practical standpoint I’m talking about from a theoretical standpoint.
Given that social media being a form of media where humans socialize with each other is not something that can be banned because humans are intrinsically social creatures and modern technology facilities media based communication.
What we don’t need is social media banned. We need regulation and enforcement and teeth for those regulations.
Almost all of the bad and negative parts of social media are results of companies driving profits and engagement at the cost of everything else, including the well-being of their users (Such as artificially, inflating, negativity and division because that drives more engagement).
Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Make the platform liable for the hate posted on them. They have algorithms manipulating what we see, those same algorithms send those messages to us for profit.
Hence the justification form holding them liable for content. Civil suits will destroy them in no time.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 2 days ago
but lemmy :(