thats an interesting example and i do appreciate it.
but unless you regularly block users bc you dont like what they said, then i didnt really mean you :) i could have been more clear with my original comment that i exclusively meant both those things, but i didnt think to at the time.
What’s wrong with blockers users when you don’t like what they say? If someone is spewing slurs you bet I’m blocking them. I don’t need that in my life.
The longer and more thoroughly you do so, the less aware you are; after a while you can be quite out of touch with the people and world around you. You live in a society, and it’s better to know your enemy than to be oblivious to them. Social networking with less social can be a hug box trap.
Nothing WRONG with doing it, however. It’s your right to be anywhere on the scale between being very social and total isolation.
I feel like this presumes people don’t have irl community and social networks. The Internet and social media isn’t my only view into the world. People are their worst selves online because there is no duty of care to each other.
I think it’s absurd to say that filtering your social media, something that inherently depends on engagement and algorithms, gives you a more narrow worldview. As if each social media doesn’t have inherent bias.
That’s exactly how I curate my feed. Do you have any idea how many sports sublemmies my instance has? It’s the Midwest. It was a lot.
thats an interesting example and i do appreciate it.
but unless you regularly block users bc you dont like what they said, then i didnt really mean you :) i could have been more clear with my original comment that i exclusively meant both those things, but i didnt think to at the time.
i come to lemmy to relax during my break at work, not to debate about weather or not we should carpet bomb civilians
What’s wrong with blockers users when you don’t like what they say? If someone is spewing slurs you bet I’m blocking them. I don’t need that in my life.
The longer and more thoroughly you do so, the less aware you are; after a while you can be quite out of touch with the people and world around you. You live in a society, and it’s better to know your enemy than to be oblivious to them. Social networking with less social can be a hug box trap.
Nothing WRONG with doing it, however. It’s your right to be anywhere on the scale between being very social and total isolation.
I feel like this presumes people don’t have irl community and social networks. The Internet and social media isn’t my only view into the world. People are their worst selves online because there is no duty of care to each other.
I think it’s absurd to say that filtering your social media, something that inherently depends on engagement and algorithms, gives you a more narrow worldview. As if each social media doesn’t have inherent bias.