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Please don't make technology doomscrolling (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by sauna7843@lemmy.ml to c/technology

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I don't post on reddit since I know how futile it is to create any change given its size, but given Lemmy is small I might as well give it a try here.

I've been seeing a lot of posts here lately similar the doom and gloom clickbait headlines you would see from news companies. In fact, most top posts seem to have that "Reddit feel" to them.

Please know that posts don't have to all be negative, there exists positive news in the world and especially positive news when it comes to technology.

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?

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[–] garrett@infosec.pub 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] karbotect@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] garrett@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago

I understand how it'd feel that way on the surface but I promise, Lemmy is far from "Reddit without ads". There may be some similarity visually but the under-the-hood wiring isn't leaning on algorithmic functions that are meant to simply increase engagement at any cost (often by driving anger). Lemmy's engagement is solely in community building. That's why much of the emphasis for "doomscrolling" is dependent on how we handle ourselves here, the content we decide to create.