I feel like the people I interact with irl don’t even know how to boot from a USB. People here probably know how to do some form of coding or at least navigate a directory through the command line. Stg I would bet money on the average person not even being able to create a Lemmy account without assistance.
On the topic of echo chambers - At what point did we decide that a bunch of people over a wide geographical area with similar interests and a common code of standards/preferences of civility… Is a bad thing?
It’s kind of how social clubs exist irl.
I didn’t say it was bad I just said it existed. I wanted to take a jab at all the people I see here who are adamantly against a tailored social media experience by saying that fact that you’re here means you’re already in an echo chamber.
Probably when those similar interest people over why geographic areas started creating religions, wars countries that caused wars probably a good bit of racism as a treat.
Generally speaking, when humans tribalize good things do not happen to those not in the tribe.
There are exceptions and sometimes the good things the tribes make for the tribes. Get shared with other tribes.
But for the most part, it’s never a good thing.
See I don’t think the “tribe” is the trouble when one is given the option and space to choose or abandon their tribes freely with no cost. If this particular culture isn’t your jam there’s plenty of others that do similar that might be to your taste.
Applying the trauma of racism, religious persecution and so on to a digital place that is one of many… Doesn’t feel genuine. I have a lot of feelings about places becoming toxic through allowing racist/phobic stuff to thrive but it’s not like the people booted from spaces who hold those views are shut out in the absolute cold. There are spaces where their veiws and comfort is centered it just doesn’t nessisarily overlap with where I am.
Saying we must accept absolutely everything because “tribes are bad” seems to apply some axiomatic principle to the lowest of low stakes social clubs. The Internet is a string of endless bars next to each other, if you don’t like what one place is serving there’s another one down the road.