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Women STEM students up to twice as likely as non-STEM students to have experienced sexism in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (15 children)

One truth about the modern media landscape: stories that pit groups against each other play well

Bari Weiss: Why Are Feminists Silent on Rape and Murder? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Oh I'm so sorry! I misread your comment! I'm going to edit mine so it doesn't confuse others

Yeah I agree about the title, but that's just the internet now :(

Substack Was a Ticking Time Bomb | The platform seeded its own content-moderation crisis in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I hadn't thought about this, it's a good point. Thank you for broadening my perspective

I wonder how Lemmy can avoid becoming an echo chamber

Bari Weiss: Why Are Feminists Silent on Rape and Murder? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

There are many progressives who are calling for the release of the hostages and calling the October 7th attack a war crime, but the problem is that it is a perfectly acceptable in progressive circles to pretend that the attack wasn't that bad, or that it was terrible but was necessary for the liberation of Palestine

As I said, I consider myself a progressive, and I know that a lot of progressives think like me. But there is a strand of the left that is very vocal online that I fear has lost its way

Bari Weiss: Why Are Feminists Silent on Rape and Murder? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (6 children)

I'm not a fan of hers, but I do think she has a point here.

There was a significantly different response by progressives to the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram and the hostages taken by Hamas. When posters were put up of the kidnapped Israelis they were ripped down by the same kinds of people who tweeted #BringBackOurGirls.

I know there will be many downvotes to this comment, but I consider myself a progressive and am worried that progressives are losing sight of their values in favour of what is the prevailing groupthink online

The Middle East is on fire, and Washington is to blame in c/[email protected]

Anon uses a dating app in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm convinced that dating apps are no longer a good way to find a relationship. They've realized that if their users get into LTRs it will hurt their revenue.

I used to be an avid user of most dating apps, but I've had a much more fulfilling love life since quitting them to focus on meeting people IRL

‘The tide has turned’: why parents are suing US social media firms after their children’s death in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago

Good! We need to hold these companies accountable. Around the mid 2010s they realized that it's more profitable to have addicts instead of users. Casinos, bars, and cigarette sellers are forbidden from selling to children. These addictive platforms should be subject to similar limitations

Substack Was a Ticking Time Bomb | The platform seeded its own content-moderation crisis in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Relevant Tom Scott presentation

The extreme ends of content moderation is Echo Chambers or Nazi Bars

The Taliban’s curious love of SIM cards. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago (11 children)

Sounds like we need to push Signal in Afghanistan!