Cindy Cohn Warns Jon Stewart That Americans Have to Make X and Meta 'Less Important' | Video
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Cindy Cohn touched on the toxicity of the social media space in a wide-ranging interview with "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart Monday night.
    • cabbage@piefed.socialEnglish
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      10 days ago

      I guess they had the opposite development of Twitter, banning hateful content and trying to keep their house clean. Compared to Zuck and Musk whoever runs Reddit can probably be argued to be a great humanist.

      Not saying it’s a good platform. It’s still a cesspool in my experience, and their approach to moderation produces a wild amount of false positives while bots are roaming free. It seems to me very far from a place for genuine human connection.

      Nevertheless, for someone who sees social media as being Instagram, Facebook, X, TikTok, Reddit, and Snapchat, I can see how Reddit stands out as the better option.

      It’s too bad Cohn didn’t get to talk more about Mastodon.

    • elucubra@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      10 days ago

      While Jon comes across as a white knight, and I really enjoy his satirical personna, I sometimes find his lukewarm condemnation of the Gaza genocide, and take on other subjects, a bit suspicious.

      I guess age makes me more cautious.

    • teyrnon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      10 days ago

      I had a lot of hopes for Jon, and he’s kind of letting me down here. Not the guy we need, he lacks the killer instinct we need. To take the nomination from the dems establishment and challenge the r’s that is. He trusts the establishment too much.

      He could win though, if he tried.

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      10 days ago

      probably because its astroturfing/supressing anti-zionist content. i notice hes pretty much pro-zionist, not as much as someone like SEINFELD though.

      • teyrnon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        10 days ago

        Idk I haven’t seen quite that, but I imagine he’s conflicted, not immune to propaganda and peer pressure. And self preservation in watching what he says. I don’t know enough to agree or disagree with you, but he did come out against Israel’s bullshit towards the start of the gaza thing when even my man Bernie wouldn’t.