Yeah absolutely agree with your points, the echo chamber point is less worrying though because the active users will likely find points of difference more often.

I really enjoy the process of discovery, a more appropriate label for what i do is 'shit-finding', so i suppose the lemmy/fediverse system naturally suits my online behaviours.

I've only seen the Negative and Positive moniker of a feedback loop used in reference to the direction in which addition or subtraction is occurring and it multiplying due to previous addition or subtraction. https://www.albert.io/blog/positive-negative-feedback-loops-biology/#Positive_Feedback_Loops .

[–] Salvo@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That is another great thing about Lemmy; Because of slower traffic (due to a smaller user-base), there is always a devils-advocate who comes out of the woodwork and provides a different point of view. I interpret Shit-Finding as someone who will enter a community (or lurk in a community) and perform this role. They don’t (immediately) get dogpiled, so if they have a cogent argument that makes sense, any feedback loops get moderated by the community as a whole.

[–] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ha, i didn't mean shit-find like that, i meant just looking at random useless stuff! But your definition very much also works!

[–] Salvo@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Sort of like Step 1 of making a Shit-post.