I’ve perceived the last couple of months a different media landscape overall, and to me more noticeable in Lemmy.

Some subjects seem to be regularly reoccurring and other relevant issues are simply almost absent. I believe also that overall Lemmy posts used to be more guarded, reasonably balanced , with a leftish tweak. Of late , the posts seem more repetitive, as if there’s an agenda to be set. It could be my perception.

Then again, if I take the several disinformation warnings to heart, it could be that too.

Any one got a take on this, or have felt a change in the Media, subjects and or comments of late,especially the last weeks?

Examples: Trump, Fascism, Hate crime, Palestine/ Isreael, corruption. Overall, the atmosphere of links, posts and comments are more negative & polarising I guess…

  • Riddick3001@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Thanks for your response. I’m trying to communicate a sentiment, by making some observations and giving some examples.

    When I mentioned the Media landscape, I was referring to all media coverage, tv, newspapers etc.

    Some points you mentioned I recognise and experience somewhat of a nuisance. But like you said, those issues are not new, and can be somewhat avoided.

    It could be that the Powerusers, have polluted my experience. I do agree on your assessment of them. On the otherhand, this too, isn’t something entirely new, and happened in Reddit as well.

    The other thing could be a more dominant influence of US in general, by Lemmy participation volumes and or extra noise in general, and it’s true , they do seem less tolerant now.

    Maybe my question would be something like: do you perceive , by whatever means and media, ( eg reddit, lemmy, tv, www etc) , a shift in subject, tone, style, atmospheres, or change therein; and if so, are we are experiencing the effects of a (targeted) influence campaign?

    If not, a second explanation could be that polarisation has hit a new more fierce level, and it’s spilling over.

    • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
      1·
      1 month ago

      do you perceive , by whatever means and media, ( eg reddit, lemmy, tv, www etc) , a shift in subject, tone, style, atmospheres, or change therein;

      Again: I find this too vague. Sorry.

      and if so, are we are experiencing the effects of a (targeted) influence campaign?

      Yes, all the time, but that is independent from the rest of that sentence and your sentiment.

      If not, a second explanation could be that polarisation has hit a new more fierce level

      I can agree to that, but less so in the lemmiverse.

      and it’s spilling over.

      From where to where?