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Re:Ask HN: What interesting people are you following on Mast... by tgv on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @01:29PM (#34416507)
> There are clearly a lot of very nice, and very normal, people on there who just love the concept of microblogging. Who am I, or you, to stand in their way? And why should they depend on one corporation to communicate when they can take it into their own hands?

Because many are not nice and the platforms clearly have been abused, drive division in society and are bad for mental health. That's why we can't have nice things.

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Re:Ask HN: What interesting people are you following on Mast... by INTPenis on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @03:35AM (#34424656)
I can't disagree, it's all about the dopamine hit to most people. I've felt myself slipping down that slope.

But at the same time I just learned of a protest here in my town, via social media. So it's also helping people organize IRL.

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