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[-] finthechat@kbin.social 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In its ideal form, a microblog style site could literally provide an online version of a collective consciousness of society. It would be a live feed of normal people's thoughts.

Except in reality it's porn, smug posting, corporate advertising, vitriol, and propaganda all fueled by algorithms written to keep mofos scrolling.

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

Porn, smug posting, and vitriol? Sounds like collective consciousness of society to me.

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

You don't get advertising or algorithmic crap on Mastodon, and they have reasonably reliable filters to hide most porn I think

[-] oce@jlai.lu 4 points 1 year ago

Would the collective consciousness actually be interesting to read?

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