@ljs In the very early days of social media it was often used as basically a journal so, overtime it's shifted to be this perfect view of people's lives. It's always weird to get a glimpse back at the way things used to be.
@ljs I don't think it's even possible to have a perfect middle ground, I'm not of the camp that social media in its entirety is a detriment to society but I can certainly sympathize with the idea and it's probably a good idea if we all use it just a little bit less
(sidetrack โ also a phase in the early 2000s of companies getting upset that someone ยปlinkedยซ to their page)
@ljs I've seen it happen so often that it's unreal.
@ljs@social.kernel.org @BrodieOnLinux@mstdn.social YouTube also had a sort of community for a while. Reply videos, groups, etc. existed, and commenters would be frequent.
This aspect would go out the window in order to make the site appeal to the MrBeast types (and a leaked document from his group showed that his entire business model was chasing fame and views at any cost possible).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c26lQQ1NTe0
@ljs @theexplorographer this whole discussion would be much better if the a trainer platform offered better reply controls to the posters. Blocking &c only fix one side of the interaction.
@ljs but i would miss you if i blocked you
@ljs I was at an event a couple of days ago and one of the panels briefly discussed how freedom of speech is changing into freedom _from_ speech in public perception