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ikka ,

On the flipside, the American exceptionalism on the Lemmys is par for the course…

ikka ,

based

ikka ,

Pretty much the only stuff I unsubscribe to is tech or politics subs

Same, same.

ikka ,

I have so many of these blocked lol.

I blocked so many meme communities which helped my ALL feed look better, but then it was filled with political shit. The problem is, any time something controversial happens regarding someone the broader community doesn’t like (elon musk, trump, republicans in general), you have thread after thread after thread of this shit popping up. I don’t care to hear why republican bad, because I already know republican bad. I’m an intellectually curious being with better things to do with my time than hear about the latest political thing.

And then finally as you said, the technology communites can be a bit tiresome, like when there’s a post about every single time a frickin’ library updates.

  • !technology @lemmy.world - Idiots
  • !linux @lemmy.ml - Idiots
  • !technology @beehaw.org - Fine
  • !world @lemmy.world - Shouty, bad opinions
  • !technology @lemmy.ml - Absolutely massive idiots
  • !worldnews @lemmy.ml - Shouty bad opinions backed by the firepower of mod censorship
  • !programmerhumor @lemmy.ml - Idiots
  • !opensource @lemmy.ml - More idiots
  • !news @beehaw.org - Kinda quiet but fine
  • !news @lemmy.world - Bad opinions
  • !politics @lemmy.world - Fine, weirdly enough (aside from a massive and vocal shill population)
  • !programming @programming.dev - More massive idiots
ikka ,

The first language I tried to learn as a kid was Batch scripting…

(edit: and then some VBScript along the way! Eventually worked my way to C++ though)

ikka ,

No I think it would actually be great. You could peek at two opposing views on the same article, for example. I’m sure some “instances” would be ripe with disinformation but what’s it to you? Idiots are already lapping up disinformation like candy. It’s not like wikipedia isn’t filled with it already…

ikka ,

Wikipedia is biased by design though…

ikka ,

No shit! So it’s not exactly a counter-point to the concept of a “Wikipedia alternative”

Any self-styled Wikipedia alternative ended up dead, thematic, or biased by design

ikka ,

Good thing Wikipedia articles are always the best researched and sourced!

In 2023, Jan Grabowski and Shira Klein published an article in the Journal of Holocaust Research in which they said they had discovered a “systematic, intentional distortion of Holocaust history” on the English-language Wikipedia.[367] Analysing 25 Wikipedia articles and almost 300 back pages (including talk pages, noticeboards and arbitration cases), Grabowski and Klein stated they have shown how a small group of editors managed to impose a fringe narrative on Polish-Jewish relations, informed by Polish nationalist propaganda and far removed from evidence-driven historical research. In addition to the article on the Warsaw concentration camp, the authors conclude that the activities of the editors’ group had an effect on several articles, such as History of the Jews in Poland, Rescue of Jews by Poles during the Holocaust and Jew with a coin. Nationalist editing on these and other articles allegedly included content ranging “from minor errors to subtle manipulations and outright lies”, examples of which the authors offer.[367]

  • 367: Grabowski, Jan; Klein, Shira (February 9, 2023). “Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust”. The Journal of Holocaust Research. 37 (2): 133–190. doi:10.1080/25785648.2023.2168939. ISSN 2578-5648. S2CID 257188267.
ikka ,

Post-truth as a service.

If you read through this page you might even conclude that Wikipedia itself is “post-truth”

en.wikipedia.org/…/List_of_Wikipedia_controversie…

At any point in time you could be reading a defaced or propagandized version of an article.

ikka ,

Each instance would ideally have their own standards for neutrality or bias that they see fit. It’s no different from self-hosted wikis except with the federation concept appllied on top of it. I’m sure someone will create an instance that is a straight up clone of wikipedia, another person will create an instance for everything pro-communism / pro-china, someone will create a strictly anti-theism wikipedia, etc.

I don’t see anything wrong or weird about this, the skepticism this project is receiving is stupid. It’s nothing new under the sun.

ikka ,

Wikipedia also releases all content for free download under a permissive license, so I don’t think it’s fair to say that the US government is a meaningful threat to its quality of information

What? How are these two points related at all?

ikka ,

We’re talking about the fediverse here. It’s such a niche place and there are already wildly opposing views and information existing on Lemmy itself.

And that’s not even mentioning the situation on bigger social media platforms and the broader web!

ikka , (edited )

So you’re saying it would rely on each person to stay objective and use good critical thinking, instead of accepting the first thing they read and fall down an echo-chamber rabbit hole?

This is such a rich statement to make from a social media site of all places. My guy have you even looked at what some of the instances on Lemmy believe in? How is a federated wiki site any different?

but it does try to use a form of institutionalized objectivity.

By all means use wikipedia if you wish. As I’ve already pointed out in another comment, Wikipedia is often edited by bad or nationalist actors that do go undetected for a while.

ikka ,

Being able to block entire instances from your feed, without defederating.

ikka ,

Either my instance updated recently, or I didn’t notice it at the bottom of the block page. So useful thank you!!! No more lemmynsfw spam!

ikka ,

Why is this reply have negative score lol… the answer is simple anyway: stop fucking buying smart TVs!

ikka ,

Frankly, smart TVs are a stupid product for stupid people. I would never have one in my house, period.

ikka ,

What’s moronic is advocating for the enshittification of a platform.

ikka ,

And yet, by the numbers, it is basically the fediverse (like literally ~88% of active users are on mastodon!).

I guess it must not be as bad as you make it out to be then?

ikka ,

Changing the algorithm would probably be implemented as a version update which all instances would eventually need to adopt, or be left behind in features & security patches.

Allowing people to game your algorithm to keep their content higher is not a good thing. It made reddit unbearable (thankfully we have Local feed on Lemmy), twitter, etc. It is why YouTube (as far as genuinely informative videos go) is circling the drain.

ikka ,

I see what you’re saying, I think that other commenters are misinterpreting what it is that you are trying to say. I certainly was.

ikka , (edited )

Sure, I agree, but you do realize where the highway went in this picture, right? It’s still there…

Edit: Cease fire! Friendly fire!!! FrieNDLY FIIIIREEEE!!!

ikka ,

They did that in my hometown… :^)

ikka ,

There is a lot of toxicity that I don’t want here…

It already is… :(

ikka ,

Yea, I don’t want to sound like I’m arguing here, but there is a generally negative vibe that is being replicated here on lemmy as it was on reddit:

  • Too many Elon Musk twitter posts
  • Too much climate change doom & gloom
  • Too much political doom & gloom

The toxicity is already here when you browse “All.” I’ve just blocked most of the offending communities for a better experience. The list grows longer every day… but that’s just my opinion. I think we can all agree that browsing “All” is like playing mental health on nightmare mode.

ikka ,

Yea I’m just blocking this community. I’m tired of seeing this shit on my feed.

ikka ,

I didn’t have to, but I did. You seem to care enough to write a reply?

ikka ,

What has any of that got to do with the video?

ikka ,

Tbf I can’t think of any instance where Marques has click baited.

Titles picked within the last 4 months:

  • This Phone is Nearly Perfect!
  • How Does Sony Keep Doing This?
  • I Tried a Secret Google Project!
  • What is Happening with Samsung’s Camera?
  • iPad Killer or Clone?
  • Apple’s Forbidden Words
  • This is the Dumbest Product I’ve Ever Reviewed
  • This Smartphone Hardware is Getting Crazy!

This is what parasocial relationships do to you…

The dominance of cat content VS dog content on Lemmy reflects its current techie userbase

I originally joined Reddit in 2011, and in the beginning it was dominated by cat content. It was rare to see a post about dogs. Sometime in the mid 20-teens this phenomenon reversed. It’s always been a “pet theory” of mine that this reversal was due to Reddit becoming mainstream, and that it’s initial nerdy/techie user...

ikka ,

husky :)

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