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I've perceived the last couple of months a different media landscape overall, and to me more noticeable in Lemmy.

Some subjects seem to be regularly reoccurring and other relevant issues are simply almost absent. I believe also that overall Lemmy posts used to be more guarded, reasonably balanced , with a leftish tweak. Of late , the posts seem more repetitive, as if there's an agenda to be set. It could be my perception.

Then again, if I take the several disinformation warnings to heart, it could be that too.

Any one got a take on this, or have felt a change in the Media, subjects and or comments of late,especially the last weeks?

Examples: Trump, Fascism, Hate crime, Palestine/ Isreael, corruption. Overall, the atmosphere of links, posts and comments are more negative & polarising I guess..

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[–] HowRu68@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Thanks for your response. I'm trying to communicate a sentiment, by making some observations and giving some examples.

When I mentioned the Media landscape, I was referring to all media coverage, tv, newspapers etc.

Some points you mentioned I recognise and experience somewhat of a nuisance. But like you said, those issues are not new, and can be somewhat avoided.

It could be that the Powerusers, have polluted my experience. I do agree on your assessment of them. On the otherhand, this too, isn't something entirely new, and happened in Reddit as well.

The other thing could be a more dominant influence of US in general, by Lemmy participation volumes and or extra noise in general, and it's true , they do seem less tolerant now.

Maybe my question would be something like: do you perceive , by whatever means and media, ( eg reddit, lemmy, tv, www etc) , a shift in subject, tone, style, atmospheres, or change therein; and if so, are we are experiencing the effects of a (targeted) influence campaign?

If not, a second explanation could be that polarisation has hit a new more fierce level, and it's spilling over.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

do you perceive , by whatever means and media, ( eg reddit, lemmy, tv, www etc) , a shift in subject, tone, style, atmospheres, or change therein;

Again: I find this too vague. Sorry.

and if so, are we are experiencing the effects of a (targeted) influence campaign?

Yes, all the time, but that is independent from the rest of that sentence and your sentiment.

If not, a second explanation could be that polarisation has hit a new more fierce level

I can agree to that, but less so in the lemmiverse.

and it’s spilling over.

From where to where?

[–] HowRu68@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

No problem and thanks for your observations.