The thought of this triggers my anxiety. I’m so glad Lemmy exist, but what if Lemmy didn’t. What would the world look like?

  • snota@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    If the thought of a social media platform not existing gives you anxiety then I think you need to take a break from it. I don’t know you or your life but I don’t think spending a lot of time on these platforms is mentally healthy regardless.

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      1 year ago

      Anxiety as in some organization is having control over the free flow of information. The same anxiety as in the thought of certain countries censoring the internet. Not as in a social media addiction, although I’ll have to admit I do have some addiction to Reddit/Lemmy. But it’s more of the fear of the future. Reddit was probably one of the biggest platforms that doesn’t have censorship as much as other platforms (or at least that’s how I perceived it), Reddit becoming tyrannical means people lose the last “free” platform. This means people in the future now have a different worldview. I mean Reddit already doesn’t allow criticism of Steve Huffman, they might as well start pushing political agendas he favors, like pro-corporate, anti-consumer views. Even if I wasn’t addicted to social media, a lot other will be. Lemmy being a competitor allowed some people to leave Reddit and not be subjected to propaganda.

      Maybe I do need to touch grass lol, I’m getting a bit paranoid about evil corporations.