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Showerthoughts

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A lot less annoying then endlessly filtering content by community and user

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[–] Sandbag@lemm.ee 28 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Doesn't this lead to potential echo chambers though. If I go and block all content I don't like, how can I have ideas that challenge my beliefs?

[–] passiveaggressivesonar@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Not everything has to have an opposing perspective, where's the opposing community for knitting? Tearing?

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Rip and tear, until it is done. And you can start knitting again.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Probably purling.

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago

I wouldn't pull that thread if I were you.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

On which instance is that? lemmy.world?

Lemmy try: !tearrorists@lemmy.world

EDIT Hmm, doesn't seem like it exis- Oh, I get the joke, now!

[–] azulavoir@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Some people don't come to social media to have their beliefs challenged and that's okay.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Who cares? It’s social media, I come here for entertainment. Don’t let it form your opinions and believes. Read credible newspapers and journals from across the spectrum and go touch grass and have a civil conversation with a stranger if you want to hear ideas that challenge your beliefs.

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People are downvoting you not because you are wrong, but because it really hurts when you call people out with this kind of precision. It should be common sense that the message boards full of randos shouldn't be the foundation of one's political worldview, but it's also really easy to make message boards full of randos an integral part of one's social life.

Getting your news from credible, non-social sources, is important. Being able to read an article and move on without heading to the comments is important. Having conversations with real people offline is important. But those things don't offer the same steady drip of dopamine that social media provides.

A lot of people here are excessively online, and in desperate need of grass touching, and they don't want to be told that directly, but they do also need to hear it.

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 1 points 1 month ago
[–] Landsharkgun@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

The solution here, I believe, would be to not block them.