Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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Underrated benefit of lemmy is like minded people will tend to join the same instances and if I don't want to interact with those groups I can just filter the whole instance. (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A lot less annoying then endlessly filtering content by community and user

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I never said that they are a good thing, I say they are a natural occurrence, something that only can prevented by a very dystopian system.

Because people will always filter what they want to hear and consume, and with that create filter bubbles. If you went to church (regardless of the specific religion) you enter a filter bubble. If you talk with people on a rave you are in a completely different filter bubbles then in a country music bar. Filter bubbles are all around us and yes the Internet is, by its nature, a magnifying glass for this effect. But it inherent to the human nature not inherent to the Internet. So to prevent filter bubbles you would have to radically change the human nature.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

We're not talking about every possible aspect of life. We're talking about the choice we make in how we consume news. One way leads to more of a filter bubble, one way leads to less of one. Everything else you're saying is just besides the point justification for why you wanna choose the one that leads to more of a filter bubble.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

And I use my filter bubble power just now and here I think. Have a nice rest of your life