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minus-squareRecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up58·edit-21 year agoPeople call stuff like Lemmy, 4chan or Reddit social media too but to me it’s always these Facebook or Instagram style self-presentation platforms. All of them suck ass.
minus-squarespread@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI’d categorize these as forums rather than social media. I mean there isnt that much socializing happening around here
minus-squareBirch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNeither is it on social media anymore, it’s all just dick measuring, scams, MLMs, attention seeking and hating on outgroups now.
minus-squareedryd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 year agoEnvy has existed far longer than social media, none of these things would go away if social media doesn’t exist. Social media just amplifies it. Comparison has always been the thief of joy.
minus-squarekex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYep, “keeping up with the Jones’s” was a phrase I heard growing up in the 1980s Also, attachment leads to suffering
Social media sucks
People call stuff like Lemmy, 4chan or Reddit social media too but to me it’s always these Facebook or Instagram style self-presentation platforms. All of them suck ass.
True those are definitely worse
I’d categorize these as forums rather than social media. I mean there isnt that much socializing happening around here
Neither is it on social media anymore, it’s all just dick measuring, scams, MLMs, attention seeking and hating on outgroups now.
Envy has existed far longer than social media, none of these things would go away if social media doesn’t exist. Social media just amplifies it.
Comparison has always been the thief of joy.
Yep, “keeping up with the Jones’s” was a phrase I heard growing up in the 1980s
Also, attachment leads to suffering