The problem with politics on lemmy is that it isn’t a discussion at all, but a one-sided circle jerk. Almost every post is some flavor of Right Wing Bad, and any attempt at nuance or calling out hypocrisy results in a sea of downvotes and what appears to be shadow bans. There are no dissenting opinions allowed. If you spend your time consuming heavily moderated and filters content, it’s going to produce anxiety. But more importantly, it isn’t even reality.

Yes but a lot of people who think they stand for something instead fell for anything.

I haven’t dabbled with that stuff for years, but I could go back to that as well I suppose.

Yeah I suppose they would hop on as well. The idea that my experience would be tailored according to unknown algorithm and agenda kind of scares me.

I’ve never used an iPhone, been a die hard android user since the beginning, but I might switch because of this. I don’t care about AI and don’t want it on my phone.