did you know a release of a new fully open source LLM called OpenLLaMA just got announced by the Researchers at Berkeley AI Research?
I didn't know that. Have you created a post about it in this community? I don't see one.
Right? Be the change you want to see in the world OP!
You're implying it's a deliberate choice to focus on that content, and it's really not. Sorry.
For example, did you know a release of a new fully open source LLM called OpenLLaMA just got announced by the Researchers at Berkeley AI Research?
Lol, a lot of my friends experience all LLM news as doomscrolling basically because of how those tools are being used, to whose profit and at whose expense.
Not trying to pick a fight about that here, just that it's funny how relative "doom" is.
Anywho it would be entirely reasonable to create a community dedicated to good technology news however you define it. Reality itself is pretty dark these days so any given cross-section of it is going to contain a lot of doom by default.
People should use RSS feeds more. They give you much more control over the content from websites you frequent to avoid this sort of thing. There are even RSS feeds for Lemmy communities.
https://openrss.org/blog/rss-feeds-may-be-better-for-your-mental-health
We can't control what other people post on these sites. But we can control whether or not we want to listen.
For example, did you know a release of a new fully open source LLM called OpenLLaMA just got announced by the Researchers at Berkeley AI Research?
Nice. Good to know what all of next month's doom headlines will all have in common. ;)
Is there really a doomscroll-free community, besides maybe the mental illness communities? All social media is designed to be addicting.
Not all social media is designed to be doomscrolling, just those leaning on algorithms that drive engagement (aka eyes on the app). We’re in a space where that’s not the case. The interfaces for Lemmy don’t care if we spend more or less time on here. We’re just reproducing the content we’re familiar with in those technologically abusive spaces until we start to realize an alternative.
Tbh, messenger apps are the only doomscroll-free social plattforms, that I have encountered.
Do you not feel engaged right now? Lemmy uses the exact same tools as every other social media platform to keep the dopamine flowing. In the end Lemmy is just federated reddit, but without the ads.
All social media is designed to be addicting.
By whom?
What do you mean by whom? By everyone who is part of creating platforms like these. The most boring social network would be a telephone book.
Notifications, upvotes, likes, feeds, algorithms, subscriptions... are all designed to keep you hooked.
Oh ok, I thought you were talking about the content. Because the original question/post was about the content.
Social media pushes the type of content OP is talking about. Content with interesting/clickbaity titles is rewarded on every social media website. This leads to doomscrolling.
So it´s a sensible idea for OP to try and reach out to the actual people within the community so that they don´t fall for what the design of the platform wants them to do.
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