SocialMedia is part of your daily diet - so why not make it healthy?

Corporate platforms feed you ads, algorithms, and infinite scroll designed to keep you hooked on junk food. The #Fediverse is different:

✅ No ads, no algorithms ✅ Real communities run by real people ✅ Diverse cultures and positive content

Stop feeding on junk. Switch to something organic!

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  • Nima@leminal.spaceEnglish
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    17 days ago

    i mean… a lot of the content on the fediverse is literally just lifted straight from the other “junk food” social media websites that were just named.

    its just a federated experience. not a “healthy” one. I’m all for moving more people over to the fediverse but let’s maybe take it down a couple notches with the weird propaganda-esque ads?

  • MHLoppy@fedia.io
    2·
    17 days ago

    organic food for your brain

    High quality, positive content boosts mental health

    Browsing shallow memes and political outrage here is basically just home-made junk food instead of store-bought junk food. Likely less unhealthy, but that’s not exactly eating a bowl of vegetables lol - that would perhaps be reading a book or something. Not a great fit for the comparison imo.

    (as an aside, it seems plausible that junk food in small quantities as part of a balanced diet might boost mental health vs strictly never indulging)

    • can@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      17 days ago

      Yeah, let’s be realistic here. No one is going to believe the fediverse is shining beacon of positivity on the internet and any one who might would be turned off by the reality they find.

      And that reality is, this is the internet, and any venue with a large amount of people is going to have some issues. We should highlight how the fediverse approaches that differently (and positively) first and foremost.

  • LambdaRX@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    17 days ago

    I definitely don’t think, that federation is a cure for unhealthy social media. You can waste time here too.

  • veee@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    18 days ago

    Bold of you to assume there is a healthy form of doom scrolling.

    • GamingChairModel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      18 days ago

      Exactly. To extend the junk food analogy, this is like making donuts from scratch in your own kitchen: customized to your preferences, maybe tastes better, but ultimately you’re still making a mess in your kitchen and eating unhealthy.