In the rush to make their opinions known, many social media users have spread dubious claims, hurting their efforts to help bring peace to the Middle East.

Real life dystopia has become so boring, people not directly involved intensify drama online to bring the conflict into their online lives.

An opinion piece I find quite fitting for Lemmy as well. I wonder how a “boring” just fact based rational social media would look like?

  • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍
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    1 year ago

    In the US, our taxes are going to support this conflict. Our representatives are making decisions that affect the conflict. Should people not try to be informed and engaged?

    Virtue signaling is a real problem, but as society moves increasingly online, that’s necessarily where the conversation will happen.