• mindaika@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    Any system built on anonymous accounts is going to have the exact same problems. Lemmy is not “less bad” than Reddit because it’s decentralized. Blue checks isn’t the problem with twitter, and neither is Elong

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      3 days ago

      Not sure where you’re going with that, but it’s a perverse incentive, just like the engagement algorithm.

      Elon is a problem because he can literally force himself into everyone’s feeds, but also because he always posts polarizing/enraging things these days.

      Healthy social media design/UI is all about incentivizing good, healthy communities and posts. Lemmy is not perfect, but simply not designing for engagement/profit because Lemmy is “self hosted” instead of commercial is massive.