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[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, since 2014 when they turned the algorithms on.

[–] AskewLord@piefed.social 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

agreed. i remember when everyone wasn't pigeon holed into their weird alternative realities and people thought you were crazy for believing crazy bullshit, but now they celebrate you for it as being heroic or something.

[–] moustachio@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Which time was that?

Was that when all media was owned by a few corporations and had complete control of the narrative for decades?

[–] AskewLord@piefed.social 0 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] moustachio@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

So when people lived in the oligarch funded alternate reality. Got it.

[–] Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

"look, things were so much better when this indiscriminate murder and surveillance by the police was limited to black and indigenous people, and the 3 television channels didn't report 99% of it! I didn't consent to get colonized!"