• PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 month ago

    Yeah let’s spread misinformation and romanticize the past so we can blame our problems on bad actors and bad times rather than recognize and address the systemic causes that have pervaded social media since its inception.

    sorry for being so salty and sarcastic, in a weird mood rn

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      1 month ago

      Systems are made of people. So yeah, remove the bad actors and you already have a better system.

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        Fair point. My rebuttal: The system here is manifold, a lack of general awareness and understanding, the legislative framework in most places, and most importantly, capitalism. The owners of social media are the most replaceable part of that, if Meta and Zuck imploded today, some other for-profit crap would fill the void

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        Valid question but IMO, no. replacing Zuckerberg Musk etc would do nothing to solve the fact that capitalism runs social media as a for-profit enterprise