josephsh98@lemmy.kde.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhat's something you wish to bring back from the late 90's/early 00's internet?message-squaremessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down13
arrow-up1144arrow-down1message-squareWhat's something you wish to bring back from the late 90's/early 00's internet?josephsh98@lemmy.kde.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square119fedilink
minus-squarePlutoniumAcid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down1·1 year agoNO SOCIAL MEDIA. I belive that Facebook has made the collective humanity a lot stupider. Groupthink, sheeple, influencers, contrails conspiracies…
minus-squareFARTYSHARTBLAST@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoWe had social media, it just wasn’t cancerous like Facebook. It was more fun like MySpace, forums, blogs, IRC, etc.
minus-squareRagingNerdoholic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoWhat we didn’t have was algorithmic social media. That needs to a die a fiery death in the depths of hell. If it were up to me, algorithmic curation and promotion based on viewership history would be outright illegal.
NO SOCIAL MEDIA. I belive that Facebook has made the collective humanity a lot stupider. Groupthink, sheeple, influencers, contrails conspiracies…
We had social media, it just wasn’t cancerous like Facebook. It was more fun like MySpace, forums, blogs, IRC, etc.
What we didn’t have was algorithmic social media. That needs to a die a fiery death in the depths of hell.
If it were up to me, algorithmic curation and promotion based on viewership history would be outright illegal.