He has written a book if you prefer to read

You might like this podcast: https://youarenotsosmart.com/

This guy has done a lot of great work in trying to understand how conspiracy thinking works, how minds can change, how arriving at a state of “knowing” is an emotional state (and not a rational one), how biases change people thinking, etc.

I only use it on android, but there are RSS apps on every platform.

I think Pluma is the best.

Of you care about it being free and open source, then “Read You” on f-droid.

If you search for RSS on any app store it will give you lots of options and you can look through screenshots to see what you like.

Thanks. Comments don’t really bother me. It would be a hard life trying to use social media without thick skin.

But your quote came at a good time to make the point I was looking to make.

For your question about news, I would highly recommend using an RSS app. Whichever news source you use, its much better when you get your news in time order instead of their stupidly curated website front pages.

I’ve got 30GB + calls/texts for £8/month.

I don’t have an answer to your question, but I love your John Stuart Mill quote. I’ve just had a barrage of comments trying to rip me apart for suggesting that a political opponent’s position should be understood; and no comprehension of the point this quote puts across really well.

Why only kids? We all need to be protected from social media.

I don’t know how to suggest good national policy, but I think social media should have these:

• controls on how far you can doom scroll
• being able to opt out of algorithms by seeing things in time order and from (optionally) only white listed sources and allowing block lists in a variety of ways, etc, etc
• heavy moderation of blatantly illegal content.
• heavily curated advertising (or none at all, users can pay)
• separation of political content (maybe a system of tagging so topics that are not of interested can be hidden…maybe this could be crowd sourced)
• Strict control of data collection
• The ability to delete/be forgotten

I don’t know how propaganda or corporate interests can be excluded, but that would be ideal.

Controlling children’s access is so insurmountably difficult, I don’t even know where to start.

That’s a great song. Their cover of The Trooper is amazing as well. Any other recommendations from their songs?

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I’ve made a huge mistake breaking my personal rule to avoid all political content and I’ve regretted that immediately

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I’ve made a huge mistake breaking my personal rule to avoid all political content and I’ve regretted that immediately

I’ve used Mailbox.org for years as a service that replaces most of my Google services at once. I know you just asked for email and Mailbox is worth checking out.

Lemmy as a Reddit replacement.

Facebook - pseudonym account solely for FB marketplace.

Do YouTube and WhatsApp count as social media?

Disappointingly, a lot of good webcomics use Instagram or Twitter and don’t have RSS access.

Fortunately there are still plenty of good ones

I came to Lemmy just looking for a Reddit alternative. I think this is a superior forum system with user scoring and nested comments. But I do love that it is open and federated and I’m glad to be rid of Reddit completely.

I am a huge tech nerd and love doing these things as side projects (but I prefer making hardware). I like making stuff so the things I’ve been making/setting up are:

• Setting up a R.Pi as a retro gaming console
• R.Pi Kodi media player
• Putting together a hotswap keyboard from a kit
• Migrating to privacy alternatives and degoogling my life
• Migrating to Linux
• Making a fight game controller from scratch
• Making a custom keyboard with soldering and custom layout (and then again for having the same keyboard at work)
• Building a new gaming PC
• Getting a synology NAS and going down the Docker rabbit hole
• Making another fight game controller…or 3

Now I’m planning making a DIY microphone for MS Teams meetings

How long till the 2 typos come together to make “worm retards”

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Is this thing with unsupported bands ever an issue outside USA? It isn’t a problem I’ve ever encountered in using any phone abroad or heard people of any other could try talk about.

It is Katy Perry’s little known twin sister, Paty Kerry. Some people have given her the nick name of Emily Blunt, but that’s not her real name.

Very much worthwhile. Pick up Slay the Spire while you’re at it.

It’s all porn. Always has been.