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Isn’t that incredible? Turns out that connecting people to one another in this way fosters some healthy interaction for those who choose it but also amplifies loads of unhealthy bs. I’m one of those idiots who 15 years ago thought the internet and social media would bring about something of a second enlightenment, a golden area of progressivism, being well-informed, connected to one another in new and beautiful ways.

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Mongostein@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
25ish years ago we all thought the internet would be a wonderful marketplace of ideas where people wouldn’t be judged by their age, gender, race or whatever, but on the merit of their ideas.

And it did feel that way for a while back when it took a bit of intelligence to get online. However, now that anyone can get online with just a few clicks the morons have learned how to amplify their moronity.

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- PieMePlenty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Its both a marketplace of ideas and the cesspool of moronity.
  
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  - A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    100% because of social media. see my reply to schnapsman
    
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A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
It would have been that. Or at least a lot more like that…

If social media hadnt been invented, and if social media hadn’t gamified human interaction with upvotes/likes/etc, which ended up doing nothing but creating a dopamine feedback loop that is directly responsible for the extremity of online discourse today.

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rchive@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I mean, it sort of did, it’s just not quite that simple. A lot of amazing things have come about because of social media. So many artists able to reach people directly without needing gatekeepers like publishers. Movements able to be organized where previously those people would have never interacted.

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- freebee@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Commenting this on a post about one of the new gatekeepers is quite ironic.
  
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  - rchive@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    The route to getting something posted on Facebook or other social media involves 1 gatekeeper who barely involves itself. The route to getting a book or news article published involves more, and they micromanage the content much much more. Just compare what percentage of people have posted something on Facebook vs have had an article published by a newspaper or magazine.
    
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