SocialMedia is part of your daily diet - so why not make it healthy?

Corporate platforms feed you ads, algorithms, and infinite scroll designed to keep you hooked on junk food. The #Fediverse is different:

✅ No ads, no algorithms ✅ Real communities run by real people ✅ Diverse cultures and positive content

Stop feeding on junk. Switch to something organic!

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  • @m_f@midwest.socialEnglish
    11•9 months ago

    TBH, I think this is a little counterproductive. It makes corporate social media seem like a delicious treat. Exhorting people to do the right thing like “eat your veggies” probably isn’t the best way to convince them. Something like this seems like a better comparison. Something bad for you and gross, but uses flashy marketing to convince you otherwise:

  • veeeEnglish
    33•9 months ago

    Bold of you to assume there is a healthy form of doom scrolling.

    • @GamingChairModel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9•9 months ago

      Exactly. To extend the junk food analogy, this is like making donuts from scratch in your own kitchen: customized to your preferences, maybe tastes better, but ultimately you’re still making a mess in your kitchen and eating unhealthy.

    • trashcanEnglish
      1•9 months ago

      Friendly reminder that reddit-style community shorthand is less helpful here. Old habits die hard but on Lemmy communities require context of instance as well.

      Edit: but agreed, this is very propaganda-like

    • trashcanEnglish
      2•9 months ago

      Is this in response to the “diverse cultures” part?

        • trashcanEnglish
          0•9 months ago

          I recognize that issue but I don’t need necessarily read the example on OP, as exemplifying that.

          Disclaimer: I’m a white North American (ergo no culture) so I’m open to discussing this further as I’d like to hear your experience.

  • @Stovetop@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4•9 months ago

    Not gonna lie, I’d still love to eat that donut.

    Should’ve used one of those photos of McDonald’s where they look at an ad for a menu item and then show a sad photo of the real thing.

  • trashcanEnglish
    1•9 months ago

    I agree with the issues others have raised but I also question directing people first to Mastodon?

  • @wiki_me@lemmy.mlEnglish
    -1•9 months ago

    I am someone who kinda tries to live a more healthy lifestyle, if somebody tells me there is something that is good for my health i expect some scientific research to provide evidence of that. the health industry does provide things that have no scientific evidence that they are effective (so called “big placebo” companies).