This whole twitter thing is like some lib version of a moral panic. Who cares, just get off it if you don’t like the experience. But no, they all need to tell everyone how this makes them so morally pure.
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Chunk@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Can we take a step back for a second and think about the human condition that led someone to need a moral argument to get off X? What kind of pathetic, fucked up mind do you have where you can’t just uninstall the app you have to appeal to morality.
Numberone@startrek.website 8 months ago
oatscoop@midwest.social 8 months ago
Moral panics are over things that don’t have negative real world consequences.
We’ve repeatedly seen what happens when disinformation and violent, extremist speech is given a place to flourish on social media. The crazies get even more radicalized, organized, and emboldened – and start taking actual action.
supert@lemmy.sdfeu.org 8 months ago
4chan?
CorruptBuddha@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
My assumption would be the purpose is to shame people.
ytonoswaldsa@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Exactly. Also why is this journalist blaming Elon for random crimes that have nothing to do with him? Its not fair to blame him for something he had nothing to do with.
zeppo@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I don’t think someone publishes an article to try to convince themselves to not use it. Of course it’s to convince other people why to not use it.
Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Well there is a difference between disliking something and believing it is actively harmful. If you believe it is actively harmful for humans and society, it makes sense that you want to appeal to the society as a whole. Then you need to reason for why you feel the way you do. And there we go.
orrk@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Facebook causes genocides in every 3ed world nation they push into.
social media is, as it is now, designed to push the worst. most racist, most murderous rhetoric because it garners more engagement.
Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
I am not saying you are wrong, nor right, but I am wondering why you tell me/us that now, here.
orrk@lemmy.world 8 months ago
because what makes Elon harmful for humanity is basically the same thing that makes Facebook harmful, massive uncontrolled influence on society