"We show that the perception of moral decline is pervasive, perdurable, unfounded and easily produced, and suggest that this illusion has implications for research on the misallocation of scarce resources, the underuse of social support and social influence."...
I guess that study is quite flawed when thinking about morality as a highly subjective value. Things that were highly moral 100 years ago are now seen as barbaric and a person alive 100 years ago would certainly not agree to many moral standards today. Religion comes into play as a conserving agent for morality of generations past, it still changes its interpretation of moral directives over time (at least true for christianity) but this change is far slower than the actual change in society.
So yes, from an individual standpoint, morals are possibly declining if you believe that the morals you grew up with are correct and you do not accept new concepts of morality produced by generational differences and societal change, even more so if you're religious. Therefore the feeling of moral decline is not something you can counter by saying "you're imagining it" because all moral is a, to some extent, abstract (read imagined) concept.
I think there has to be a differentiation between perceiving an action as moral, an action being moral in some version of morality and an action being moral in your own version of morality. This study among other things, assumes a ground truth for morality that can be measured and agreed on by everyone, read the interview questions they cite from the studies. However, I don’t think that these very basic acts are a good indicator for overall morality. Some people believe very different things to be moral while still having a consistent internal moral construct. Therefore something is moral if someone consistently perceives it as moral in their own opinion. This is overlooked by the study and in my opinion a significant weakness.
I ask that people modmail subreddits that have privated in protest (you can see which ones here: https://reddark.untone.uk/) and ask they put a message about kbin migration into their about section so users trying to see those subs will come here and start communities. It will help grow kbin as well as contribute to the protest....
I started using mastodon when musk bought twitter and kbin with all the reddit API shitshow. I like the idea of the fediverse but how does it have longevity?
Still, it seems like user numbers are exploding right now and servers don’t run on love and good wishes. I’m sure we’ll see some sort of monetisation at some point because free time of qualified people is limited
Then the instances will have to become far more specific. At this point every single instance tries to replace the whole of Reddit. Otherwise the fragmentation will kill it.
I know. However, I do not believe that reliance on the good will of the users will keep a fast growing platform running for long without there being large, uncovered costs for the operators.
I was initially introduced to Mastodon a few years ago by a close friend and picked up on it quickly given the benefits of not having to deal with advertising, or being shown what a mega-corporation thought I should have to see through algorithms. I have since found a great instance over on cupoftea.social that promotes quality...
Hello all! I've decided to start this community in order to create a space on kbin where people can chat about things they might not feel fit anywhere else. Discussion here can include topics that do fit elsewhere, however. The main goal of chat is to create a general social space for people to freely and safely communicate...
So I've been able to successfully post on a feddit forum, however I saw that someone commented there and I did never receive that comment here on kbin. Is that a bug, do I need to wait or does it not work this way? Thx.
Hallo miteinander, eigentlich sollte es ja gut funktionieren im Fediverse auf andere instances zuzugreifen. Ich hab einfach keine lust mehr auf Reddit und deshalb würde ich lieber hier unterwegs sein. Ich habe mir kbin.social als Startpunkt ausgesucht weil ich gutes gehört habe aber irgendwie schaffe ich es nicht wirklich auf andere Communities zuzugreifen. Ich habe jetzt de_EDV rausgesucht um zu testen ob ich überhaupt mit anderen interagieren kann. Würde es sich lohnen mir lieber einen feddit.de Account zu machen ind Ann man diesen Post überhaupt sehen?
@sexy_peach
Super, danke für die Antwort. Deine Antwort kam jetzt zwar mit 22 Stunden Verspätung bei mir an aber ich schätze das liegt an der early beta von kbin und nicht am fediverse allgemein.
First all the bs with Twitter and Elon, then Reddit having an exodus to Lemmy (not complaining lol), then Twitch. Are we like, in an alternate self healing dimension or something?
To be honest, it’s not like most of those people aren’t just lurkers anyway that don’t contribute to their communities. An open Internet can thrive without the majority of Reddit Facebook and Twitters users
For example: I tried to search all 3 communities from sopuli.xyz featured in this comment https://kbin.social/m/lemmy@lemmy.ml/t/2938/Which-subreddits-would-you-most-like-to-see-on-Lemmy/comment/6790/...
As you may have heard, Reddit’s decided to pull a Twitter and start charging an extortionate amount of money for access to their previously-free API, in order to drive third-party clients like Apollo and RIF into extinction. Under Reddit’s proposed pricing, …
A certain stage of development has ended - a prototype was created that allowed me to verify whether such a form makes sense in the #fediverse. Until now, it was a project that I developed in my free time. Now, thanks to the great people from Nlnet, I will be able to devote much more time to it. This time, we have already...
Very nice to see that the project is taking off. I’m hoping for this to be my Reddit replacement. However it seems that comments to posts by myself on other federated platforms don’t show up on kbin.social. Is that a known bug?
Federation status: ON
Seems like the federation was turned on not long ago. It's very exciting to be part of kbin's growth!
The illusion of moral decline - Nature (www.nature.com)
"We show that the perception of moral decline is pervasive, perdurable, unfounded and easily produced, and suggest that this illusion has implications for research on the misallocation of scarce resources, the underuse of social support and social influence."...
Microsoft exec says Starfield has 'the fewest bugs any Bethesda game ever shipped with' (www.pcgamer.com)
A bold statement that the head of Xbox Studios will probably hear repeated back to him once or twice.
OC I ask everyone here to modmail large subreddits about kbin
I ask that people modmail subreddits that have privated in protest (you can see which ones here: https://reddark.untone.uk/) and ask they put a message about kbin migration into their about section so users trying to see those subs will come here and start communities. It will help grow kbin as well as contribute to the protest....
This is what air defence doing
Welcome to the Rexxit
Realistically how does the fediverse make money and remain sustainable? only donations?
I started using mastodon when musk bought twitter and kbin with all the reddit API shitshow. I like the idea of the fediverse but how does it have longevity?
OC How did you end up finding kbin? Did you migrate here from Reddit?
I was initially introduced to Mastodon a few years ago by a close friend and picked up on it quickly given the benefits of not having to deal with advertising, or being shown what a mega-corporation thought I should have to see through algorithms. I have since found a great instance over on cupoftea.social that promotes quality...
OC Welcome to /m/chat!
Hello all! I've decided to start this community in order to create a space on kbin where people can chat about things they might not feel fit anywhere else. Discussion here can include topics that do fit elsewhere, however. The main goal of chat is to create a general social space for people to freely and safely communicate...
Grab your reddit data before deleting your account. (www.reddit.com)
It's your content, your curation, not theirs.
[03.06.23] "If Lemmy is not your cup of tea as an alternative to Reddit, maybe try open-source federated Kbin instead" (gadgeteer.co.za)
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Seriously, what's up with big sites literally dying as we speak?
First all the bs with Twitter and Elon, then Reddit having an exodus to Lemmy (not complaining lol), then Twitch. Are we like, in an alternate self healing dimension or something?
Search for remote magazines/communities not always works.
For example: I tried to search all 3 communities from sopuli.xyz featured in this comment https://kbin.social/m/lemmy@lemmy.ml/t/2938/Which-subreddits-would-you-most-like-to-see-on-Lemmy/comment/6790/...
How do I comment on mastodon stuff?
I found this post on mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@QasimRashid/110487275016799454...
On Reddit and it’s federated rivals, Lemmy and kbin (www.jayeless.net)
As you may have heard, Reddit’s decided to pull a Twitter and start charging an extortionate amount of money for access to their previously-free API, in order to drive third-party clients like Apollo and RIF into extinction. Under Reddit’s proposed pricing, …
Kbin Roadmap 2023
A certain stage of development has ended - a prototype was created that allowed me to verify whether such a form makes sense in the #fediverse. Until now, it was a project that I developed in my free time. Now, thanks to the great people from Nlnet, I will be able to devote much more time to it. This time, we have already...