the principles behind a successful exit from crisis remain relevant. While the specific policies will differ across societies, the overarching goal remains the same: to rebalance the distribution of wealth and power in a way that promotes long-term stability, not short-term elite enrichment.
I guess everyone has their different leanings, but I’m talking more about dailybeast, rawstory, literal tabloids that constantly hit the front page when sensationalist or sometimes flat out wrong headlines. There’s a reason Wikipedia avoids these.
Folks also spread twitter screenshots or memes that are easy to interpret as factual but are, in fact, completely fabricated. This is an example I’m thinking of: https://lemmy.world/post/36736401
And of course mods don’t care as long as it fits political orthodoxy, no matter how much its pointed out. I’ve even had Lemmy users express they ‘don’t care’ about the source quality, just that it matches their ideology. If the above was, say, a more tankie leaning meme, you can bet the mods would have zapped it instantly.
Again, I’m skeptical of this, as it sure seems like tabloids are upvoted en masse as long as the title is juicy.
In other words, no one really seems to care about information hygiene unless its outside their bubble. Thats a recipe for spreading misinformation.
Sure. Lemmy like any platform will have some echo chambers with idiots that say something like “I don’t care about facts just as long as it takes my side or it matches my ideology”. Block those users and move on. That is triage right there and sanitation too.
But I gotta say I’ve never encountered a statement like that. Not even on reddit which was way worse. But again, it’s about where you go too.
To me even circlejerking can be fun but I’ve reported people in circlejerk communities when they’re clearly not jerking around and are just taking vitriol as a given permission.
But I don’t really register posts that link to daily beast or rawsthorne either. Among other outlets. On the European and world news communities on lemmy that doesn’t show up much or at all to my recollection, only here on this community that is American centered only (if I’m not mistaken?) Where they also show up with stuff like “meidas touch” which is very tabloid too. I won’t go as far as to call them misinformation like Fox News but they’re click bait and sensationalist shrivel, that’s for sure.
But I do also find problematic that you shared a post from “political memes” as a representation of your argument. That is slop and nobody that I know takes memes as a news source. There is a place for that though and a community called “political memes” sounds about right for it. I don’t follow that stuff and never shows up as shared in what I follow. We’re in a platform that doesn’t have an algorithm and dumb suggestions or ads. Which is phenomenal and the correct approach. But the hygiene you seek is your responsibility here. Even in this community that would never be allowed as a post. You have to distinguish where serious discussions are to be had, but yes, moderators and even general commenters should also have a responsability as well.
So, you can acuse me of bringing a humorous take into a more serious discussion based community. But I was indeed commenting and not posting. But you know what? I’ll be more mindful and conscientious of that in the future when commenting too. So thanks. I guess I needed to be reminded to be more aware of the community I’m commenting on as well.