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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Lemmy is slightly better because as far as I can tell it’s not algorithmically run and it’s decentralized. The data does not appear to be for sale although I’m sure AI is using it for training without compensation.

Lemmy is still ripe for manipulation. At this point in time nobody knows if the other person they’re talking with is real or a bot, AI has made the ability to manufacture consent a lot easier and real seeming when it’s not organic.

I personally believe we fucked up somewhere along the line in our tech development

[–] [email protected] 1 points 42 minutes ago (1 children)

Lemmy lacks the downsides of other social media platforms and the downsides it does have are mostly shared with them. Although we do lack moderation to create spaces that people feel more comfortable talking in - especially bc reports do not cross-federate (will be added in 0.20 supposedly, and I mean reports to a mod who has an account on another instance). It is what it is. It's kinda good? :-)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 33 minutes ago

Although we do lack moderation to create spaces that people feel more comfortable talking in - especially bc reports do not cross-federate

To me that is a feature. I’m an anarchist and I frequently get reported by both liberals and fascists.