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[–] suzune@ani.social 16 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I'm against banning things. It's better to teach users how not to use these platforms.

It's more effective, because it has a long term effect.

I like the Danish idea to label EU products in supermarkets. Information is a good first step.

[–] Yoga@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

"Education" doesn't really feel like a solution to things that people often lean into cognitive dissonance on.

Everybody has the opportunity to know how reprehensible the conditions the meat that ends up in supermarkets (and probably your local market too) is but very few people are willing to change their diets. Many people talk about caring about 'loving animals' but when it comes down to making changes, the head just usually goes into the sand.

Kurzgesagt did a good video recently on what the cost to improve animal welfare for things that end up on peoples plates would be but the truth is the only reason why we know what those numbers are is because some places have banned certain practices. The only way to realize those benefits is through legal changes, not 3% of people paying 3 times as much for fancy free range eggs.

That said, I'm also generally against banning things, I just don't know how you make that sort of thing less attractive- a Twitter Tax?

[–] meliante@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago

That idea is beautiful in theory, but useless in practice.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

+1.

This just suggests to censor us. I'm all for an open and free internet. If you censor it, you look ight as well join the book burning club.

Education is key. Just look at what they doing in the United St... Oh wait, nevermind.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

maybe instead, pass a law. one with substantial penalties for failure to comply, that requires 'social media companies' of a 'certain size' to do (reasonable) 'things' in order to operate or make themselves available in canada. things that spaceman fireball would never do

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago

He's the richest man in the world. You couldn't set a fine he wouldn't just pay as the cost of doing business.

[–] stardust@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

America is the best example that you just can't teach some people. Doesn't matter if it is scientists and doctors doing the teaching. If anything in the eyes of idiots that makes them even less credible. Don't underestimate stupidity.

[–] suzune@ani.social 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I honestly know what you mean. But I have my principles. It's not good to use censorship to fight disinformation. It's a social problem and it's better to fight the root cause, not the symptoms.

[–] stardust@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

That nice in theory but hasn't worked in practice.

[–] Two2Tango@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I get updates on X from my local news and police stations about traffic, weather, etc. We'd need to get this type of stuff into another single platform before many people would switch.

[–] stardust@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

If you have to use Twitter I recommend using squawker if you have android. Unfollow everyone from Twitter just use squawker to subscribe to accounts which provides a subscription feed that is local without adding the account followers.

Not a good idea to use the official Twitter app anyways with all the data collecting it can do and adding to follower counts adds added pressure to keep a presence there. Just turn into a ghost when it comes to Twitter usage.