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   lambtor (lambtor@cyberplace.social)'s status on Thursday, 25-Apr-2024 23:17:59 JST lambtor

   • Thomas 🔭🕹️

   @thomasfuchs alot of them are being paid to be assholes. engaging them gives a return on their investment.

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     Jay (whitecattamer@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 26-Apr-2024 04:08:24 JST Jay

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     • bujiraso

     @bujiraso @thomasfuchs Yeah, short of tossing all of humanity into a salad bowl and scooping up some, we’re always going to arrange ourselves in SOME way.

     The problem with bubbles arises when it means you develop biases or practices that are harmful to yourself or others, be it by action or inaction. You and your therapist are a bubble, but most of the time it’s a good one.

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     bujiraso (bujiraso@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 26-Apr-2024 04:08:25 JST bujiraso

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs The small web is gaining ground and if we're a bit more "bubble"-y, as it grows, I think that's fine. Society entered into this wacky hyperconnected world that way before we made it a de facto civic duty to be exposed to a whole internet* of bots and trolls.

     Returning to the small lets us dismantle the disinformation machine that is the Instant Gratification Global Mass Media. If we see more cohesive communities as a result, I don't hear a loss there.

     *That's the plural, I say.