"foot guns are nasty"?
vonbaronhans
joined 2 years ago
"X need to just..." is a surefire way to never change anything. People will never just. They won't.
I am straight, but my social media habits put me into a lot of contact with memes from gay, lesbian, pan, and everything else under the sun. A lot of it seems relatable, even if I never experience those same feelings IRL with real people. Definitely makes me question my sexuality semi regularly, lol.
Echo chambers are not dependent on having an algorithmic feed. It just matters that the people you talk with and the information you consume, etc, filter out dissenting opinions from what you hold.
Lemmy is still very much an echo chamber simply by virtue of the people who tend to be here. But we can balance that with time spent on other platforms, IRL relationships, etc.
This doesn't really change your point at all, but I remember reading the tech news surrounding the Twitter sale to Musk as it was happening. If memory serves, Musk literally made the $420/share purchase offer as a joke, a joke that several lawsuits were filed to decide it was a serious and legally binding offer.
He memed his way into owning Twitter against his will, and then burned down everything to assuage his ego. But because he's a goddamn billionaire there are literally no repercussions.
If it helps, you can dig into Androids settings and use Firefox for the default in-app browser for most apps. That's what I did, anyway, and it's been fantastic.
Well then. I'm unsure what news article I read that spurred me to try Firefox on mobile, but that's my recollection of the order of events.
Huh. I was under the impression that proper extension support (eg ublock origin) only came about recently?
Oh man. Once Firefox on Android got extension support, I hopped on that train so hard. No ads on mobile browser? Heck yeah.
"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth"
At least I think that's from the sermon on the mount. Raised Christian, but I've been a self identifying atheist for about 15 years at this point.
Rumble isn't any better. It's where my dad gets his COVID conspiracy material after folks got kicked off other platforms.
Trust it as much as it shows itself to have your interests in mind, or how well you judge it to be working towards the intended purpose.