silentjohn

Damn near every thread just feels like bots posting based on sentiment. One day, ever user loves idea XYZ but the very same topic on the next day every user hates idea XYZ. None of it feels organic or genuine. Once I learned about dead internet theory and read Manufacturing Consent, it's easy to see how the vast majority of social media is just nonsense bs

I pulled that figure out of my ass, but it's definitely high, likely way higher than people realize.

I'm all for banning oligarchic media (news, social, etc). The dude sig heiled and literally controlled the social media narrative to further his political agenda, and people are like "buT MY fReE sPeACH!". Also, I can't even read those posts since they require you to log in.

All the tech bros sucking musk off are infuriating.

Remember though, reddit is like, what, 70% bots? I mean come on, there's barely anything organic on that platform anymore. I'm just about ready to delete reddit as well. It's just a mindless timesink.

That's what I figured, but I got confused. Do people really not read the linked sources?

It's still the same Proton

Not all have a voting structure.

I don't feel (and neither would a lot of Leftists) that a 7x salary for a CEO is fair. People deserve to be compensated for the work that they do, of course ... but does the CEO do 7x the work of other people in the company?

"non-profit" is just a tax designation, and the companies are still money/profit-driven. I don't think non-profits are inherently bad, they're just working within the system for what they perceive as good. In the non-profit my partner works at, the CEO makes $421,968 / year. While not billionaire status, it's still 7x what my partner makes at the company. It's exploitative in the Socialist sense.

I'm just saying, being a "non-profit" (misleading term at best) doesn't necessarily mean the company is "good" or that the mission is "good".

I'm new to Lemmy, what are 'articles'?

Just like how we trained all of the anti-communist military leaders in the 50s and 60s that lead to the deaths of millions across the world.