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Anyone feel as if social media is providing extremism a platform? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/antisocialmedia@piefed.social
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Liking posts that criticise Western human rights failures have led me towards algorithms of pages that worship dictatorships. Tankie Marxists seem to garner a lot of attention within this "left wing" binary. It seems like there's no such thing as social media politics that are nuanced anymore. I just want to protect myself from data collecting algorithms, stereotypes and assumptions.

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[–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I deleted my Facebook account because of a never ending sea of Russian propaganda and transphobia. There just wasn't a point anymore.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I feel for you. When I was using Facebook there was a lot of right wing and left wing conflicts over the British flag. It just seems like everyone likes to fight over things that are so small.

    Kudos, everyone deserves dignity and not having to experience constant conflict online.

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    • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Social media is giving morons, it doesn't matter the slightest their political affiliation, the illusion they have an audience. Them being morons is perfectly fine with me, but them starting to believe their opinion is meaningful to anyone but themselves? Not so much.

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    [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    There is only one dictatorship.

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