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As much as others seem to hate Snapchat, I seem to avoid all the fake news because its just friends on snapchat. Strava is pretty great too. No fake news on there. 4Chan? Well, I doubt any company wants to get caught astroturfing on 4chan, but I do think there are government psych-ops on it. Facebook/IG/Reddit/HN? Dangerous stuff if you are trying to avoid fake news. I'll continue to consume. But I come in highly ske…
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I blocked them from my suggestions page with ublock origin
Yeah but that doesn’t work in the app, or does it?
Is it possible to use cocaine mindfully? I encourage you to compare using YouTube with videos on the right hidden. It will disturb you how easily they can trick you to click. Intstagram and friends are far, far worse.
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I blocked them from my suggestions page with ublock origin
Yeah but that doesn’t work in the app, or does it?
For me, talking face-to-face is the only real means of socialising. I can barely even see the appeal of having a proper conversation on a chat application (they're much more more ideal for arranging meetups, sharing information quickly and keeping up with people far away).
It's incredibly annoying that we're expected to shift real world social interaction into these apps and platforms. It annoys me when somebody I meet begins talking to me more on chat apps than they do in real life.
However much more than that, I cannot understand the concept of posting personal details, media, worldviews and opinions underneath your own name on some platform, in which anywhere from dozens of friends and family, to the whole world, can see it. Even large group chats seem unappealing. What is the appeal of this for anybody besides the people that run such platforms for engagement and advertising?
Why do people want to see others they do or don't know doing this? What's the point of it?
Why does anybody want or engage in systems of digital reputation (likes, kudos, karma)? Moreso why are these values, or the number of followers/digital friends in anyway important? We all know that these things can be openly bought. It pains me to imagine all the one line comments, and upvote/downvote with timestamps being stored on a server somewhere.
The wildest part is that the companies that provide these platforms are worth more than companies that actually produce meaningful products and services. These are platforms that could only succeed by being free* and then abusing existing users.
Hacker News is the only place online I post, and I only do so in a non-social discourse. I don't know anybody I've replied to or been replied to by on here, and nor do they know me.