Honestly, it’s mind-boggling how the top 1% have us believing their relentless greed is just the norm and that we’re helpless to do anything about it. This is particularly noticeable on platforms like Reddit, where we, the users, are the real value creators and even volunteer our time.
Just a few days ago, during the Reddit protests, the only thing required from us was to log off. However, it seemed that even this small act was too much for some. It’s a stark wake-up call, making you question how and why we don’t take a stand when our rights are truly in jeopardy.
In this day and age, it appears we’re all too engrossed in our personal lives. If it doesn’t directly affect us, it’s shrugged off. This “not my problem” mindset is damaging to us all eventually. It hinders our ability to empathize with each other’s struggles and to unite against common adversities. This isn’t the type of society any of us should want. It’s alarming to see our sense of community dwindling, and it’s genuinely heartbreaking. Maybe I’m just overthinking it, but the large number of people who seem indifferent is truly concerning. This should serve as a wake-up call for all of us. What do you guys think? (Pic not relevant)
I want to share with you what someone else shared with me when I first got here: https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/
This explains very well what happens to all of these corporate platforms and what keeps the users captive to them (tl;dr: barrier to switch/exit is purposefully high, so we should lower that as much as we can. I hope lemmy/kbin devs can give us export and import functions for that).
If we want this fediverse to be good, we have to watch out for this stuff and hopefully we can finally build lasting communities.