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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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A lot less annoying then endlessly filtering content by community and user

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

On the other hand, learning to deal with people you dislike is a useful skill. If everyone segregates themselves into opposing factions there will never be any progress.

Of course, I've personally blocked about 600 people...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

I have enough people I dislike and disagree with IRL, I will have all my opinions confirmed when I'm browsing online, thankyouverymuch. /s

[–] baggachipz 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My reply test to see if you blocked me

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

You are not blocked, because you are beneath contempt.

[jk]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

It is the opposite. People join an instance which does not agree with their point of view. They get banned. They move to a different instance.

Echo chamber galore.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago

Personally I kind of don't want everybody to be like-minded, because that becomes an echo chamber. What I'm after on Lemmy is people willing to explore subjects objectively, without beating the bushes for enemies or competing for upvotes.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

o7 to the brave admins of Hexbear, Lemmy's tankie quarantine instance.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Doesn't this lead to potential echo chambers though. If I go and block all content I don't like, how can I have ideas that challenge my beliefs?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Not everything has to have an opposing perspective, where's the opposing community for knitting? Tearing?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Rip and tear, until it is done. And you can start knitting again.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I wouldn't pull that thread if I were you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

c/tearrorists

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Probably purling.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Who cares? It’s social media, I come here for entertainment. Don’t let it form your opinions and believes. Read credible newspapers and journals from across the spectrum and go touch grass and have a civil conversation with a stranger if you want to hear ideas that challenge your beliefs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

People are downvoting you not because you are wrong, but because it really hurts when you call people out with this kind of precision. It should be common sense that the message boards full of randos shouldn't be the foundation of one's political worldview, but it's also really easy to make message boards full of randos an integral part of one's social life.

Getting your news from credible, non-social sources, is important. Being able to read an article and move on without heading to the comments is important. Having conversations with real people offline is important. But those things don't offer the same steady drip of dopamine that social media provides.

A lot of people here are excessively online, and in desperate need of grass touching, and they don't want to be told that directly, but they do also need to hear it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

Why not both?

[–] azulavoir 6 points 1 day ago

Some people don't come to social media to have their beliefs challenged and that's okay.

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 days ago (3 children)

People talk about filter bubbles, but there's a nuance here: on Lemmy, you're not being served up whatever the platform owners think you should see from an opaque algorithm. You're going to, by default, see cesspool content. You have to choose to block it.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (16 children)

Unfortunately, the owners of your instance can also choose to block something for you.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

I was happy today when I made a post on an obscure community and some guy just passing by on the "new" feed left a comment.

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 2 days ago (34 children)

The downside of that is the filter bubble or echo chamber effect. Question is whether Lemmy should be a fun experience for you or something to broaden your horizons a little

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Counterpoint: filtering out the furry communities by blocking a single instance

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Got me there

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You can listen to people try to convince you that Russia's war is justified and that Tienamen Square never happened for a while if you want, then make up your mind and block them later ;-).

[–] Aurenkin 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

It was super fun to be gaslit by people while I was actually living in Taiwan but yeah, gets old after a while.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I mean, personally I am not here to discuss politics or get the news. I'm here for memes and nerding out. All that real-world shit doesn't vibe. I wanna laugh.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (16 children)

Bruh. It's not an echo chamber to filter out literal Nazis and other stuff. Ain't nobody changing their mind from "spirited" internet debate and I don't need their garbage in my day.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Eating poisoned shit isn't broadening your horizons.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

Underrated benefit of Lemmy is that it isn't infested with bots the way its larger counterpart is. Reddit has really turned to garbage.

Lower quantity of content here, but more authentic

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Meanwhile I'm on a Dutch instance and look at all the bs...

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I just sort of picked a server at random when I singed up. Turned out to be a cool place, but I am sure that is true for most instances.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I kinda did the same. Except I went for .ml and folks would call me a tankie for no other reason. Got kinda boring so I switched to another.

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