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   botvolution (botvolution@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 01:35:33 JST botvolution

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   • Flock of Nazguls

   @flockofnazguls
   Filters are a godsend. It's interesting to compare the experience here with that at bsky, where you can filter in but not out.
   Basically, while bsky is wildly less toxic than other sm, it is still a deluge of stuff *about* toxicity (largely twitter or US politics).
   Meta-toxic.

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     Flock of Nazguls (flockofnazguls@mastodon.flockofnazguls.com)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 01:35:34 JST Flock of Nazguls

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     • Matthew Kay
     • J. Random Haqkir

     @kel @_slotek_ @MatthewKay I've definitely been enjoying Masto more, but my plucky little filter that removes as many political posts as possible is really straining under the load these days.

     The performative virtue signaling from so-called 'progressives' on the far left is not as toxic as the garbage spewed by the far right, but it's annoying AF nevertheless. A pox on both their houses.

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     kel (kel@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 01:35:35 JST kel

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     • Matthew Kay
     • J. Random Haqkir

     @flockofnazguls @_slotek_ @MatthewKay

     Absolutely, I fell for it, hook line and sinker! Realised it was killing me, and stopped and started the hard work of undoing that harm. It's incredibly difficult because it is mixed up in a support network of friends and colleagues; how do you extrapolate the two? I chose to stop it all and hoped to reconnect in another world (here), sadly that didn't happen, but it was either that or my health.

     This combination is a perfect narcissistic abuse cycle 💯

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     Flock of Nazguls (flockofnazguls@mastodon.flockofnazguls.com)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 01:35:36 JST Flock of Nazguls

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     • Matthew Kay
     • J. Random Haqkir

     @_slotek_ @kel @MatthewKay This has to be psychologically wreaking havoc with us as a population. It's not healthy. And Big Social knows exactly what it's doing.

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     J. Random Haqkir (_slotek_@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 01:35:37 JST J. Random Haqkir

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     • kel
     • Matthew Kay

     @kel @MatthewKay @flockofnazguls
     Propaganda works by virtue of human psychology. The doom loop is *addictive* and the promise of simple solutions to complex problems is seductive.

     The rage factories (Fox, MSNBC, etc) and their experts who self-promote on SM profit from stoking anger in the echo chambers.

     The lines between entertainment and news are awfully blurry and so are those between online/offline media. It's hard to be a self-aware information consumer while awash in a deluge of data.

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     kel (kel@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 01:35:38 JST kel

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     • Matthew Kay

     @MatthewKay @flockofnazguls

     Okay, okay, maybe it does help to feel a sense of hope in the camaraderie of shared outrage; it's not my bag though.

     I think the best thing any of us can do is work on ourselves and try and be better in any way we can, it feels futile, but if more and more people do this, eventually it will work. i.e be strong and healthy!

     I think most people here know this, and know that outrage posts are ultimately not that helpful and have them filtered out. I know I do this.

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     kel (kel@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 01:35:39 JST kel

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     • Matthew Kay

     @MatthewKay @flockofnazguls

     I would love to see just a scrap of evidence that any of this ever has any positive effect. Like do climate deniers suddenly have a change of heart, or do big game hunters suddenly think "you know what, you're right I am going to stop this", I want to see the headline "Mass outrage on SM has net positive effect on fossil fuel use" 😂

     I mean no disrespect, but it just seems like a huge circle jerk of achieving absolutely nothing other than riling people up!

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     Matthew Kay (matthewkay@musician.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 01:35:41 JST Matthew Kay

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     • kel

     @flockofnazguls @kel Just this morning I noticed how little interaction is happening with the outrage toots.

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     kel (kel@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 01:35:42 JST kel

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     • Flock of Nazguls

     @flockofnazguls

     I am looking at the bait being posted and boosted and it's kind of insulting. Like I don't already know what is going on with this crap.

     I can see and feel the outrage provocation, people literally trying to make everyone feel angry.

     Don't we feel angry enough already, I certainly don't need any more provocation.

     What are they hoping for, an aneurism?

     🤷♂️

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     Flock of Nazguls (flockofnazguls@mastodon.flockofnazguls.com)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 01:35:42 JST Flock of Nazguls

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     @kel I've been pondering this as well. I think a lot of it stems from a sense of helplessness and powerlessness about the state of the world. By stirring up outrage in social media, people get that dopamine hit of validation when like-minded people agree with them.

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     Flock of Nazguls (flockofnazguls@mastodon.flockofnazguls.com)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 01:35:43 JST Flock of Nazguls

     Less outrage, more outrageousness.