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I still think I need reddit, due to specific communities centered around my job and office politics, maybe you can convince me I'm wrong? (linux.community)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm a nurse and reddit has a nursing subreddit I like to contribute to because they give good advice regarding my job, how to deal with arrogant doctors, bitchy coworkers... they know things a regular user in a generic channel couldn't answer, because they don't know the job.

I think asking in a channel like this for nursing advice doesn't make much sense, because this is not a nursing specific channel.

Something similar happens to my workplace questions: there is an antiwork lemmy, but the one in reddit is much larger and they also have a work community, and so far I haven't found anything like that on lemmy.

Another issue is size: For some problems, like violence in the hospital I need speedy advice and I get that faster when the communities are larger. Reddit is larger.

Simply replying 'we don't monetize' while true and one reason why I turned to lemmy and don't use reddit as much now, is not convincing enough for my particular case.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Much like Reddit teaches me patience, hanging around with bankers and executives has taught me a lot about ethics! Not all were awful, but the ones that were have given me a superfluity of examples of what not to do.

Learning from what people don't know (or don't do) is such a neat trick! I wish I had clued in on it earlier.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If you have not, diversify your social media like I do, without even needing to touch Facebook/Instagram/Messenger (unless you do). For example, no metadata is also metadata, the same way, every type of person and communication has a different meaning and purpose. This way, you do not need to reinvent the communication wheel and is effortless, since others are doing the work for you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

That's occurred to me too! It seems we have independently discovered a fairly productive way to use social media.

I usually select exactly who I will be on a platform beforehand. Not to misrepresent anything, but just make sure the platform works for me (and others) instead of wasting everyone's time.

Then on the major platforms I choose not to use, I create profiles with an incorrect set of associations, history, and interests. They're going to end up with my data one way or another, so I may as well take control of the narrative and render it inert.