Except it’s not their fault. At least, not entirely. Every single fucking centralized social platform tweaks its content algorithm to drive engagement, and they found that the best way was to piss you off. They shove it in your face until you can’t help but say something to fight the unending flow of utter bullshit.
Block them or move to another platform. I block everyone on Facebook who feels the need to make negative comments, regardless of whether I expect to encounter them again. Really cleans up the place.
I have to keep my LinkedIn for business reasons but recently I noticed a big uptick in fascist-adjacent posting. At first it depressed me big time but then I started blocking and a couple weeks and dozen blocks later it was over. Turns out a small number of people can really give the impression of a crowd and fuck with the whole experience.
all hail keyword filter blockers! nowadays i only see trumpet/muskat in posts that don’t mention their names in the title, and tbf i don’t mind staying a little informed on their latest pro-dystopia moves, but now it’s not as much a firehose of bullshit to my face every day all day, but an occasional squirt gun hit
Except it’s not their fault. At least, not entirely. Every single fucking centralized social platform tweaks its content algorithm to drive engagement, and they found that the best way was to piss you off. They shove it in your face until you can’t help but say something to fight the unending flow of utter bullshit.
Block them or move to another platform. I block everyone on Facebook who feels the need to make negative comments, regardless of whether I expect to encounter them again. Really cleans up the place.
I have to keep my LinkedIn for business reasons but recently I noticed a big uptick in fascist-adjacent posting. At first it depressed me big time but then I started blocking and a couple weeks and dozen blocks later it was over. Turns out a small number of people can really give the impression of a crowd and fuck with the whole experience.
That’s true, though the simple solution is to not be on such platforms. You do not have to let them “shove it in your face until you can’t help it”.
Yet are we not on Lemmy, flooded with posts detailling every little thing that Musk and Trump do?
all hail keyword filter blockers! nowadays i only see trumpet/muskat in posts that don’t mention their names in the title, and tbf i don’t mind staying a little informed on their latest pro-dystopia moves, but now it’s not as much a firehose of bullshit to my face every day all day, but an occasional squirt gun hit