[-] BallyM@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

Yeh, I see your point. But I think every app’s design also nudges us one way or another

[-] BallyM@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago

By that definition, Wikipedia and Google Search are social media too

[-] BallyM@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Totally agree! I’ve also caught myself rehearsing snarky retorts while scrolling microblogging apps. I feel like a heckler there.

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submitted 1 day ago by BallyM@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Setting aside Big Tech and surveillance capitalism for a minute — I wonder if fediverse microblogging apps like Mastodon aren’t fairly antisocial and inclined to individualism, while apps like Lemmy are more community and artefact/stuff-to-share centric.

People are complex, societies infinitely more so, but software can nudge us this way or that way too.

I’d be interested to hear what others here think.

BallyM

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