Corporate social media with algorithms designed to make addicts out of users and force propaganda down their throats is different than decentralized social media where people have control of what they consume while they are on it.
Ah yes, the “gotcha” everyone loves to trot out. Except Lemmy is quite obviously not what anyone is talking about when they talk about the issues of social media.
Social media is definitely harming minors, just like it is harming everyone else.
… wrote someone on a social media site.
Corporate social media with algorithms designed to make addicts out of users and force propaganda down their throats is different than decentralized social media where people have control of what they consume while they are on it.
Ah yes, the “gotcha” everyone loves to trot out. Except Lemmy is quite obviously not what anyone is talking about when they talk about the issues of social media.
And yet, the French government did try to ban it for young people too.
Bring back social networks. No more algorithms. Only feed from people your personnaly add to your network, in the order they were posted.