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A good thread to mention Lemmy in - a Daily Show segment about social media companies, most of the commenters don't seem to realize that nonprofit social media exists! (old.reddit.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The technology of social media is just writing + ways to find it. The criticisms being leveled apply way better to the narrower technology of large scale, opaque content algorithms (which for most are indistinguishable from social media because the only use platforms that have it).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

While I don't discount the veracity of your specific example, its existence doesn't diminish the societal threat that is the accepted mode of social media itself.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

What do you mean by that though? What I object to is reducing the problem to the label. I agree with the sentiment of the OP title, and what I see in the linked thread is people dismissing the idea of a possibility of addressing the problem with basically reductive semantic arguments like

You are aware they will all be social media as well right?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

We don't disagree, then. ✊🏽