[bobx11]

Before the social media mega companies we had all sorts of weird conspiracy theory nuts, but it was a lot easier to be skeptical when you only hear about it from the one guy who always has those nutty ideas (we all have that one uncle). But his ramblings can masquerade as credible when they are backed by larger groups people regurgitating the same talking points in unison on social media, filled with ai images and any other tool they can use to appear more credible.

IMO we need to go back to email lists. No more algorithmic feeds controlled by mega companies… for the same reason that our government in the USA suffered as a result of senators no longer moving their whole families to Washington during their term - those of us that are consuming content from feed algorithms are only seeing what triggers them to want to scroll more, not a balanced assortment of info from everyone.

[lancesells]

The train has left the station. There's no going back to email lists. What would be better is to build a product that's better than the current ones or force change.

I'm honestly suprised Youtube doesn't get dragged in the media with what they put in that sidebar. They are setting up a generation of adolescents with a bunch of extreme, and rather adult, content that is real-life or masquerades as real.

[tivert]

> The train has left the station. There's no going back to email lists.

Not if it's left up to market forces, but regulation could do it.

> What would be better is to build a product that's better than the current ones or force change.

IMHO, that's a fantasy.