A lot of subreddits are banning/proposing to ban X links in response to Führer Elon’s wonderful gesture of love and tolerance. Should this instance follow suit?

Also, Instagram/Threads/Meta links. Same question.

  • DigitalDilemmaEnglish
    2•1 day ago
    Centralised social media did, and is, doing extremely well by most metrics.

    Such as censorship (everywhere). shadowbanning (X), ownership by an egomaniac slyster (X), blue badges (X), and being ganged up on (reddit). i’m ignoring platforms for addicts such as tiktok, youtube, and instagram.

    You seem to be under the misapprehension that these large social media companies are operating for your benefit.

    A strange notion to hold.

    • @logging_strict@lemmy.ml
      1•7 hours ago

      if someone chooses to be on a platform and they don’t get any benefit from it then they shouldn’t be on it.

      The platform owner(s) definitely have motivations and/or an agenda. Safe to assume the owner is a stakeholder and therefore is not guaranteed to be hands off forever.

      Both of these are besides the point. The question is, why do people stay on a platform?