proposal: improvements to description

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Social media - in their current form - are toxic. Instead of
Social media - in their current form - are toxic. Instead of
connecting people, they have become tools for disinformation,
distraction, and divisiveness.
The industry is a quasi-monopoly which disregards privacy laws
day-in, day-out, yet goes unharmed because of regulatory capture.
day-in, day-out - yet goes unharmed because of regulatory capture.
Their algorithms are built to capture as much of our attention as
possible - leading to the promotion of the most inciting content.
possible - leading to the promotion of the most inciting content.
Having captured users and advertisers, social media platforms are
enshittified to extract more money for shareholders. Sometimes those
same shareholders have a weakness for antisemitic conspiracy theories
and decide to stop moderating any content on the platform. Nonetheless,
a lot of public political discourse is (still) happening on those same
social media platforms - and immediately manipulated by political
adversaries to serve their needs.
same shareholders have a weakness for antisemitic conspiracy
theories and decide to stop moderating any content on the platform:
with the sad but unsurprising result of more racist, sexist, xeno-,
homo- and transphobic, and other dehumanizing content. Nevertheless,
a lot of public political discourse is (still) happening on those
same social media platforms - which is then immediately manipulated
by political adversaries to serve their needs.
Can we imagine a less harmful form of social media? If yes, how would
it look like? And what role does free software play in this alternative?
Can we imagine a less harmful form of social media? If yes, how
would it look like? And what role does free software play in this
alternative?