• OpenStars@discuss.onlineMEnglish
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      3 days ago

      With all the stuff recently I’ve been thinking similarly about Lemmy. It’s a bit “much”.

      On the bright side, I’ve been meaning to read a book for months and that finally gave me the impetus to start:-). I really enjoy how calming that is, as opposed to continual doomscrolling.

  • thezeesystem@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    4 days ago

    TikTok for the initial what’s going on then various different reputable (the little I can find) news sites.

    Yes I get news from tiktok because they don’t do as much propaganda bullshit other social media sites do lik blocking certain subjects because they don’t like it.

    • Today@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 days ago

      I don’t use tiktok. I thought it was just vertical videos of people doing stuff. How does it present news?

      • thezeesystem@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        2 days ago

        It is but a lot of times people find something out from places not the American news has, for instance people from other countries knowing things the American news don’t really say.

        It has anything and everything it seems like, really good at finding others who are like me, very diverse and different kinda people on there. Yes bad people obviously, but that’s the Internet in general.

        People talk about things on there. Give there personal opinions and thoughts on stuff.

    • OpenStars@discuss.onlineMEnglish
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      3 days ago

      That’s an interesting perspective - I hear that what’s bad about it is more the data tracking, but that it delivers on content so people like it. How does it compare to YouTube in terms of blocking content, do you happen to know?

      • thezeesystem@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        2 days ago

        I don’t really know that much about what YouTube blocks. All I know is I get a shit ton .ore lgbt and neurodivergent people on TikTok randomly then I ever do on YouTube. I get my diversity and different people. YouTube just seems like it’s all click bait shit I can’t handle. “Top ten ***” kinda stuff. And when I tried YouTube shorts I couldn’t find anything relatable or wanting. And they all seemed very just generic.

        • OpenStars@discuss.onlineMEnglish
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          2 days ago

          Sorry, I dunno where the word blocking came from in my reply - fat fingering I guess:-).

          TikTok is well known for honing in on your preferences - which is both great and perhaps dangerous at the same time, be careful? Like Google, they may start charging money to get what you currently receive now for free.

          That’s really odd that your YouTube is showing generic stuff - for most people it shows the same content, so you must be stopping their trackers somehow.:-)

          • thezeesystem@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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            2 days ago

            Well I do have setup’s that stop as much adds and tracking I can get. Including a hacked version of TikTok. And it’s giga corps regardless of what country. I always never trust them.

            • OpenStars@discuss.onlineMEnglish
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              2 days ago

              Cool! Although if it’s able to detect that you enjoy “lgbt and neurodivergent people”, then it sounds like the tracking isn’t being blocked. On the other hand, it’s kinda working for you and that’s mainly what matters:-).

            • Blaze (he/him)@feddit.orgOPEnglish
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              2 days ago

              Including a hacked version of TikTok.

              Very interested into this, where did you get that? At the moment I’m using a burner phone to use TikTok to keep my privacy, so a revanced version of TikTok would be nice