Social media (like Lemmy) is composed entirely of public conversations. Yet it is treated as private property. Doesn't that seem rather fucked up?
this place is pretty stupid
Make signing up complicated and difficult to discourage people from signing up. What's that practice called?
Ignorance is only really appreciated in retrospect. But the damage happens in the present. So how do we avoid the damage?
they removed my post
There's a new pill. It turns you into a zombie. Everybody takes it. Refusing the pill means eternal social isolation. Do you take it?
In the last 1000 years we have not advanced as a species. We are just as tribal, dogmatic and reactionary as we always were. Given that scientists are people too, will science save us?
What are some common everyday examples of this phenomenon? (see body)
With dumbness comes great confidence. This is why dumb people dominate our public conversations. How do we fix that?
How do I make myself smarter?
If power corrupts, or power attracts the corrupt, why do we have moderators?