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Having people spend their attention span w/ "fun" content – as opposed to political / critical – seems perfect for a dystopian state.

codetrotter 5y ago
Most so called political content is not useful anyways I don’t think. All I see for the most part is people convinced that their view is the right view, and almost no one seems to be trying to find common ground and work out solutions that everyone can be satisfied with. Instead it’s like they think that any inch you “give” is a loss.
- lucasverra 5y ago
  https://polemix.io https://polemix.io is a mobile platform that try to find common grounds by allowing "respect" votes that show that you disagree, but still find the idea/content/opinion relevant. Social networks isolate people by only showing them content they agree with. It’s like french kissing yourself in the mirror. We are 9 weeks online and growing with 2k+ users. Would appreciate your intake (invite code LV005). Cheers
  - codetrotter 5y ago
    Thanks I will check it out
belval 5y ago
It's highly debatable that the current twitter mobs are doing anything but alienating the wider population to their cause. Liking or retweeting some police abuse video has about the same impact as liking a picture about famine in Somalia, the dopamine hit is just stronger.
- gerash 5y ago
  A friend of mine was targeted by a fringe group. They were doxxed along with some stolen private family photos and their real PII circulating around in Twitter with lots of threats from the dumpster fire that are Twitter accounts. It was a traumatizing experience if you're a normal person and not used to this kind of negative attention attached to your real identity. FB takes a lot of heat here vs Twitter perhaps because Zuck seems creepy but Jack Dorsey detoxes for one week in Africa but Instagram were quick to take down those threatening posts with PII but I was told Twitter asked for all sorts of government ID and then auto closed all the cases saying it's all within their terms and conditions. If any social media needs to disappear I think Twitter should be first in line.
eunos 5y ago
Better live in Huxleyan than in Orwellian world
- 52-6F-62 5y ago
  We're missing all the best parts of the Huxleyan sphere, though... more's the pity.
yumaikas 5y ago
That's interesting, though. I find a lot of political and critical content on TikTok. You do have to look for it, it's not as popular, but TikTok definitely can be used for it.
mike00632 5y ago
Do you really think the political content of, say, Facebook is enriching?

codetrotter 5y ago

Most so called political content is not useful anyways I don’t think. All I see for the most part is people convinced that their view is the right view, and almost no one seems to be trying to find common ground and work out solutions that everyone can be satisfied with. Instead it’s like they think that any inch you “give” is a loss.

lucasverra 5y ago
https://polemix.io https://polemix.io is a mobile platform that try to find common grounds by allowing "respect" votes that show that you disagree, but still find the idea/content/opinion relevant. Social networks isolate people by only showing them content they agree with. It’s like french kissing yourself in the mirror. We are 9 weeks online and growing with 2k+ users. Would appreciate your intake (invite code LV005). Cheers
- codetrotter 5y ago
  Thanks I will check it out

belval 5y ago

It's highly debatable that the current twitter mobs are doing anything but alienating the wider population to their cause. Liking or retweeting some police abuse video has about the same impact as liking a picture about famine in Somalia, the dopamine hit is just stronger.

gerash 5y ago
A friend of mine was targeted by a fringe group. They were doxxed along with some stolen private family photos and their real PII circulating around in Twitter with lots of threats from the dumpster fire that are Twitter accounts. It was a traumatizing experience if you're a normal person and not used to this kind of negative attention attached to your real identity. FB takes a lot of heat here vs Twitter perhaps because Zuck seems creepy but Jack Dorsey detoxes for one week in Africa but Instagram were quick to take down those threatening posts with PII but I was told Twitter asked for all sorts of government ID and then auto closed all the cases saying it's all within their terms and conditions. If any social media needs to disappear I think Twitter should be first in line.

eunos 5y ago

Better live in Huxleyan than in Orwellian world

52-6F-62 5y ago
We're missing all the best parts of the Huxleyan sphere, though... more's the pity.

yumaikas 5y ago

That's interesting, though. I find a lot of political and critical content on TikTok. You do have to look for it, it's not as popular, but TikTok definitely can be used for it.

mike00632 5y ago

Do you really think the political content of, say, Facebook is enriching?