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[-] Bombastic@sopuli.xyz 56 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah i opened reddit recently and was immediately hit with those fake AITA stories that somehow i once kinda believed, and now, after being in more sane communities, those stories just look fabricated for maximum interaction.

It baffles me how i never realised reddit, twitter and other socials leveraged the outrage machine so much until i joined lemmy.

[-] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago

I went back and got irrationally angry.... immediately realized Reddit was pure cancer.

Twitter is bad too. On top of the outrage bait, there's a ton of garbage posts that are just designed to farm engagement: "Which of these 12 movies from the 1990s is your favorite?" - and the post is just 12 numbered movie covers.

[-] abbadon420@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I don't mean to bitch or anything, but this kind of post (other social platforms are bad) is a pretty decent engagement farm as well.

I think this post is likely to get people talking, but the intent was just to make something funny.

The stuff I'm referring to on twitter is this kind of (borderline phishing in this case) nonsense:

[-] iforgotmyinstance@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What's wild is there is a total side business that feeds on those posts. There are at least a dozen podcasts centered solely around AITA posts.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I was surprised to see so many "AITA for cutting out certain foods? Yes, buy Weight Watchers, asshole!" ads disguised as posts. I'm sure they're not new, but using a third party app meant I never had to see them.

[-] solstice@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure the stories themselves are fake but a lot of the situations are plausible that I can kind of see happening some time. The comments sometimes have a lot of useful guidance for navigating complicated social situations. But yeah I do agree with you overall.

[-] SMITHandWESSON@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There still a little of outrage nonsense here, but it's mostly Tankies and other political nonsense.

Also, if you look at the bigger picture, Reddit is nothing more then a psyop with a bunch of extreme activists trying to steer people to support thier cause.

[-] panchzila@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Yesterday I witnessed outrage against someone who dared to suggest that getting some sun everyday was good for you. People berated him as if you could get cancer just by being exposed like we were fucking vampires.

[-] SMITHandWESSON@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lol, there's no subtle nuances to anything over there. Take sex work for instance, according to Reddit if you're in that profession, you're either trafficked or groomed and that's it.

It would be absolutely crazy to think that someone would be willing to perform sex acts for six figures and minimal work time. No fucking way🙄

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

six figures

Shit, here I am giving it away like a chump. Imma write up an invoice for my wife.

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[-] greenskye@lemm.ee 27 points 1 year ago

Not really sure lemmy is all that much better from an outrage addict perspective, at least looking at All. Sure things are better if you curate your feed a bit, but that's true on the other platforms as well.

[-] ritos@startrek.website 8 points 1 year ago

From looking at All I definitely agree. Feed curation seems like the answer, but I haven't found enough active communities for the kind of variety I want, and All feels like the right place to look for more.

Fortunately the Star Trek memes here are hot enough to melt dilithium crystals, and that's all I really need!

[-] stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The biggest opinions get the most attention

[-] kbotc@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Reddit keeps suggesting outrage bait when I check back in on college football game threads (which seemingly does not exist on Lemmy). Lemmy is never going to “because you once looked at a thread in this community”

[-] mrnarwall@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

the glaring lack of college football content on lemmy has been the biggest disappointment I have had. When I left twitter, I couldnt get real time sports news updates, /r/cfb filled that void. There is no comparable community yet in lemmy, or if there is, I havent found it

[-] LuckyDuck@lemmynsfw.com 23 points 1 year ago

If this meme was about Lemmy, it would be getting blasted by furry post

[-] thisisawayoflife@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Thank God I've blocked those communities.

[-] hoagie_cpa@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Any communities in particular a new Lemmy user like me should steer clear of?

I've personally blocked a lot of furry, nsfw, news bots (they usually have "bot" in the name of the comm or user), and the more toxic communist ones.

It really doesn't take a lot of work to curate your feed as you go. Glad to have you here!

[-] hoagie_cpa@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[-] LuckyDuck@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago

New Lemmy user, new to the fediverse or both?

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[-] itsJoelle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I haven't come across them and I usually browse ALL. Is this a product of what lemmy.world defeded?

[-] thisisawayoflife@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Probably. I haven't really seen much pop into my feed either lately. I just assumed I nipped it in the bud, but there might be some defed action happening behind the scenes too. I take no credit here, I'm just exploring the space as they say.

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I almost made this about some of the weirder lemmy communities, but I didn't want it to be taken as mean.

[-] LuckyDuck@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 year ago

I know how you feel and thank you for replying.

[-] from_the_black_lagoon@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

First time I heard the term "Outrage addict" that seems to fit pretty well.

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you didn't know already, it's really worth knowing that anger is addictive and acts on dopamine pathways.

That's the same mechanism which cocaine works through.

Anything more than very occasional anger is dangerously unhealthy, if you value not being an arsehole for the rest of your life

(I might be slightly dramatising, but really everyone chill the fuck out, there's much better ways to get your dopamine)

Thanks, I wasn't aware that anger triggered a dopamine response, but makes sense. I am pretty laid back, so it's hard for me to understand people that are angry all the time

I truly think that's what has been happening. People seek out stuff to be angry about for the rush, and the algorithm translates that into serving up the most extreme takes on literally every issue.

[-] solstice@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm right and that asshole is wrong. Everything would be great if we just beat the crap out of that guy. I just solved all of our problems. Feels great being right doesn't it? Damn I'm awesome. Better than railing a fat line of blow.

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[-] Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago
[-] Chef_Boyargee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Hit it with your spice weasel

Ok, against my better judgement, I'm going to kick it up another notch. BAM!

[-] Pistcow@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Sort by top/hour, and you'll see 3 pages of crypto scam. I'd post a pic, but it doesn't seem to upload here.

Gross. You know, I don't think I've read anything about crypto since joining Lemmy. That's really nice.

[-] OurTragicUniverse@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

I didnt visit my tumblr for a week and acquired 30 new pornbot followers.
Tumblr Live and all the new algorithm fuckery is really messing up the site : (

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[-] Astroturfed@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Ah yes, also I a fellow American agree that there is definitely no astroturfing going on here

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[-] thisisawayoflife@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Like the other user said. It's really up to personal preference. I didn't need porn clogging up my internets tubes. Trying to keep that wide open for those gambling horses. Nothing against those communities, it's just not my thing or what I come here for.

[-] casmael@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

A particularly good meme captain

Thank you, Lieutenant "Pickle" Casmael.

[-] thorbot@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It’s not leaving social media if you can go back. Delete that shit and never look back

[-] Granixo@feddit.cl 4 points 1 year ago

I still use Facebook (mainly for Simpsons memes and Marketplace), but the X and Reddit ones OOF, they're totally true.

[-] RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

A concoction so vial it makes people leave. ..."we could make a religion out of this..."

[-] Hikiru@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Every time I visit twitter I have a bunch of notifications of just post recommendations. To be clear I never got these when I used it regularly, it’s just trying to get me back

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