A good thread to mention Lemmy in - a Daily Show segment about social media companies, most of the commenters don't seem to realize that nonprofit social media exists!

James R Kirk@startrek.website · 3 days ago

A good thread to mention Lemmy in - a Daily Show segment about social media companies, most of the commenters don't seem to realize that nonprofit social media exists!

chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com · edit-2 3 days ago

What do you mean by that though? What I object to is reducing the problem to the label. I agree with the sentiment of the OP title, and what I see in the linked thread is people dismissing the idea of a possibility of addressing the problem with basically reductive semantic arguments like

You are aware they will all be social media as well right?

otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 days ago

We don’t disagree, then. ✊🏽

A good thread to mention Lemmy in - a Daily Show segment about social media companies, most of the commenters don't seem to realize that nonprofit social media exists!

A good thread to mention Lemmy in - a Daily Show segment about social media companies, most of the commenters don't seem to realize that nonprofit social media exists!

Jon Stewart on Social Media: "It's speech incentivized for engagement and profit. It's manipulated. Social media isn't the same as free speech. Social media is free speech in the way that Doritos are food. It's ultra-processed. It's designed in laboratories."