Ah, see, I only use Tumblr for fandom and book-related stuff; I have every conceivable political tag blocked so I don't see it. So I'm able to avoid that pretty easily, but yeah, there's probably not a site that wasn't inundated with bad actors.
on-the-ground, English-language coverage of global current affairs by journalists and activists and experts from the regions in which the events were taking place
Yeah, I much prefer newsletters and operations like ProPublica and 404 Media for things like that.
With Meta platforms, I'm kind of stuck, because I can't replace what I'm currently getting there.
Yeah. Which sucks.
Real-time, rapid-fire, algorithmic social media platforms, which make money by accessing and selling your data and using what they know about you to keep you glued to your feed there have done such irreparable harm
YES.
I come at this more from the dangers from the ease with which they allow disinformation to be spread side of things
Another reason I have tried to avoid using them for political/current events information gaining!
the power given to the platforms to boost or bury content, according to the whims of their owners and the political expediency of the day.
I hate the table being set by billionaires, so to speak.
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on-the-ground, English-language coverage of global current affairs by journalists and activists and experts from the regions in which the events were taking place
Yeah, I much prefer newsletters and operations like ProPublica and 404 Media for things like that.
With Meta platforms, I'm kind of stuck, because I can't replace what I'm currently getting there.
Yeah. Which sucks.
Real-time, rapid-fire, algorithmic social media platforms, which make money by accessing and selling your data and using what they know about you to keep you glued to your feed there have done such irreparable harm
YES.
I come at this more from the dangers from the ease with which they allow disinformation to be spread side of things
Another reason I have tried to avoid using them for political/current events information gaining!
the power given to the platforms to boost or bury content, according to the whims of their owners and the political expediency of the day.
I hate the table being set by billionaires, so to speak.