• alaphic
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    61 day ago

    If I had to give a single reason, it’d probably be because they’re the ones, by and large, who are not only providing a platform for the dissemination of these abhorrent views by this trash, but they’re directly profiting from it to boot… I feel like that’s honestly pretty obvious, though I’m gonna give you the benefit of the doubt here and choose to assume you’re genuinely asking and not just being facetious

    • @Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world
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      -21 day ago

      It’s both honestly. Overall I think the issue is rooted more in culture. Not tech. Secondly I am starting to question the role of media in yellow journalism to sell ads online by catering to crowds

    • gian
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      -41 day ago

      I think that the only point you can hold against the big tech is that they are profiting from it. They provide one platform to disseminate but it is not that suche ideas need a social network to spread. Hitler had not social networks and like him every war/discrimination act against one group or another up until, say, 20 years ago did not need a social network.

      We can agree that maybe a social network is easier and the dissemination is faster, but in itself a social network is not strictly needed.

      You want to fix the problem ? Fix the people on both sides, it is the only option

      • alaphic
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        41 day ago

        On both sides of what? What are you even talking about? And what other media, exactly, is providing not only a public mouthpiece to, but also driving steady streams of traffic directly toward, unabashed misogynists and bigots? I’ll wait… 🙄

        You can definitely take your dogwhistles and white supremacist apologism and fuck right off with it tho 😁

        • gian
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          21 hours ago

          On both sides of what? What are you even talking about?

          The misogynist and the peope who think to have some special right just because they are from $MINORITY_OF_THE_DAY

          And what other media, exactly, is providing not only a public mouthpiece to, but also driving steady streams of traffic directly toward, unabashed misogynists and bigots? I’ll wait… 🙄

          TV for one, or you are saying that channels like Fo New are harmless ?
          But more generally every media is suitable to spread misinformation, some better than other, and I agree that currently social media are better at the “work”, but it is not that before social media we have not misinformations, misogyny and violent extremism.

          Social media is only a big resonance chamber for the $MINORITY_OF_THE_DAY that cry louder (and I am sure that you would understand why if you were not blinded by hate for tech companies) and they are getting more credit than they deserve.

          To make you understand a little better (I hope) look at all the “go woke, go broke” rethoric. It is obvious that if you make a product following the demands of, say, 5% of the potential audience you cannot expect more than 5% of the potential audience like the product (ok, maybe a little more) and everyone who can think understand this.

          But no, the $MINORITY_OF_THE_DAY must blame the social media if the product bomb, when often not even the majority of $MINORITY_OF_THE_DAY that demanded the product “use” it (be a movie, a game or whatever else) and then start to call else (the remaining 95% of the audience) misogynist and everything else just becasue they don’t like what $MINORITY_OF_THE_DAY like.

          You can definitely take your dogwhistles and white supremacist apologism and fuck right off with it tho 😁

          Probably better than to discuss with you about this.

          • alaphic
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            217 hours ago

            Awww did i hurt the poor wittle racist’s feelings? How sad 🤣😂

            • gian
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              -112 hours ago

              It is interesting that you are not answering my point… Good work