▲ 1128 ▼ It's expensive to be poor (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 month ago by K1nsey6@lemmy.world [M] to c/latestagecapitalism@lemmy.world 182 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (2 children) I believe this is an internet in general problem. It’s being filled up with too much shit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ikka@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 1 month ago* (1 child) I don't think we can do anything about it until we solve human verification. Not only is human verification a really hard problem to solve (and also while respecting user privacy), there is a for-profit motive to fill the internet with crap (advertisement industry & state propaganda) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago I just don’t see how user verification can be done without it being straight up spyware permalink fedilink source parent [–] ikka@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 1 month ago Also double-dipping on my comment but that's why I make a blocklist of all the politics and doomer sublemmys (or whatever they're called). But there's always new ones popping up it's not a sustainable solution. Btw, I don't have a problem with politics but it is impossible to have a nuanced discussion on politics on social media so no point reading the 24/7 doomer headlines and then scrolling through partisan idiots bickering in the comments. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ikka@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 1 month ago* (1 child) I don't think we can do anything about it until we solve human verification. Not only is human verification a really hard problem to solve (and also while respecting user privacy), there is a for-profit motive to fill the internet with crap (advertisement industry & state propaganda) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago I just don’t see how user verification can be done without it being straight up spyware permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago I just don’t see how user verification can be done without it being straight up spyware permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ikka@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 1 month ago Also double-dipping on my comment but that's why I make a blocklist of all the politics and doomer sublemmys (or whatever they're called). But there's always new ones popping up it's not a sustainable solution. Btw, I don't have a problem with politics but it is impossible to have a nuanced discussion on politics on social media so no point reading the 24/7 doomer headlines and then scrolling through partisan idiots bickering in the comments. permalink fedilink source parent