Could I ask what are the long, medium and short term goals for the group you’re trying to organize?

For now, just to find like-minded people and even just see if there is any interest. I admit I haven’t thought of long term goals, because I’m not sure if anyone will show up and if they do, what kind of people they will be.

Did you already identify key contradictions playing out in your community and are interested in trying to solve them?

I am an immigrant, so the main goal is to create some community and I think a community centred around reading and the desire to share and discuss is exactly what I want.

Unfortunately, I’m still a beginner in the local language… but the city is relatively international and many locals are part of the group.

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All he did was reveal US’ true face to the world.

Let’s just hope that people won’t be fooled by land of the free propaganda the next time a democrat is elected.

The US has always been a rougue state with complete disregard for the sovereignty of any other nation or the human rights of any other people. Trump at least is honest about the callousness of the US-led empire.

The science suggests that some features of social media function can harm some young people’s mental health. These include, but are not limited to, algorithmically driven distortions of reality exacerbating harmful content and disinformation, the distraction away from time that can otherwise be used in more healthy ways, and the creation of opportunities where youth can be abused or exploited. However, there are also several ways in which social media improve the lives of youth, including the creation of opportunities for community among more marginalized youth, and the opportunity for fun and joy for the vast majority of users.

• Social Media and Adolescent Health (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK603435/)

Every generation parents engage in a moral panic to ban something because it is destroying the youth. You lot are doing the same and contributing to a movement that will harm everyone and eventually lead to the destruction of platforms like Lemmy.

Think twice before joining the like of those who, in past generations, wanted to ban videogames, pagers, comic books and even novels for young people. Did the harm ever materialise? Or are we just as fucked up as every generation before us.

Is it social media or is it the looming exiction event before us and the politicians that gleefully line their pockets with the profits of genocide and ecocide?

Please, I beg you, THINK before feuling a moral panic.

There is an Italian historian (Alberto Grandi) that actually agrees with the POV that carbonara was invented for the american occupation and there are no source citing the recipie until the 1950s.

Stop partaking in moral panics… there is little to no evidence that social media or phone harm young people.