What from reddit do you hope to never see on lemmy?
What from reddit do you hope to never see on lemmy?
i can't stand megathreads -- no one reads these! no one wants their posts banished there!
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All the mindless circlejerking and echochambers. I hope the federation helps split up communities about the same topic which should help prevent echochambers from being as strong, and keep people seeing more information and opinions about the same topic.
I was so tired of seeing blatant lies and misinformation being spread just because it fit people's narratives. Like those "dawn project" tesla videos, people hate musk so much (which I'm sure all the much worse billionaires love), so they feel they must hate teslas too, so they keep spreading those videos that have been debunked and proven incredibly questionable that were made by a competitor that's been failing to compete. That's just one tiny example. Don't even get me started on the outright lights and misinformation people spread about crypto.
And of course if anyone ever tried to correct anyone, share actual facts, real articles from trusted sources, anything that went against a particular thread's circlejerk, you would just be harassed, personally insulted, and downvoted immediately. It was so hilarious and sad spending time responding to someone's bullshit with real information and a real argument just for them to do a one-liner personal insult based on nothing, because they knew they didn't actually have anything but the circlejerk is all that really ever mattered.
I'm ranting, but this attitude people have of just not caring about reality when the lies fit what the circlejerking hivemind wants is one of my biggest gripes about modern internet and it's incredibly dangerous. It's exactly the mindset that trump supporters have that allows them to believe whatever the fuck they want and that led to people dying at the capitol, and it's the type of mindset that will eventually lead to far worse things if social media companies don't do more to combat misinformation and echochambers.
Reddit and hating people is really strange. They hate Musk, which is fine. But the arguments are always how bad the cars are. (They're not), hiwbhis rocket blew up (it was predicted it would) without admitting he owns the most successful car brands right now, and is big in space programs.
Also with Trump. Disliking him is great. But reddit focuses on his hair and skin colour instead of exposing his shitty politics or disregard for national security.
Reddit sucks at informative chooses because every challenge to an established echo chamber gets glassed in an instant.
Exactly. And everyone is so ready to argue these days, that there are no discussions, only arguments. If you tried to say "maybe we should focus on the bad things billionaires do instead of dumb tweets" in response to a musk thread, people will simply respond "take musks dick out of your mouth boot licker" and similar insults. That's not a hypothetical, that's a near word for word example of how these circlejerks respond to literaly anything that doesn't line up perfectly with the hivemind.
I'm already seeing some of that on lemmy unfortunately. I hope some communities pop up with stronger moderation against this shit or I may just be done with social media for a while.