Comment by hx8

Comment by hx8 3 hours ago

5 replies

It's a shame that this is true for many platforms. Social media platforms have the potential to be incredibly democratic. The more people watch content the more it's shown to other people. Anyone's voice could be amplified in a way that was limited to broadcast networking and printing presses in the past. A million small conversations can occur in such a way that they create a chorus of discussion about public interests. Now it seems like most platforms seem to be thinly veiled psyops hoping to trade quick dopamine for mindshare.

unyttigfjelltol 3 hours ago

> Now it seems like most platforms seem to be thinly veiled psyops hoping to trade quick dopamine for mindshare.

The first step to reform would be to persuade legacy media to stop reporting the opinions trending on X/Twitter as "news". Stop reporting it entirely, it's manipulated, at best unverified, rubbish.

  • snypher 2 hours ago

    That would require legacy reporters to get out on the streets and do some reporting.

    • isodev an hour ago

      Can you imagine, holding public servants (a president for example) accountable for their statements… practically unheard of in the last decade…

llamaimperative 3 hours ago

This is part of why I think there should exist a popular real-name-only network. It'd go far to prevent these types of attacks on the megaphone.

  • ipython 3 hours ago

    Isn’t that what Facebook is supposed to provide? From anecdotal evidence, people are happy to engage in vitriol online that they would never do face to face, real name or not.