Recent comments in /f/dataisbeautiful

EbMinor33 t1_j8o2od7 wrote

> "musicians" who are promoted in the mass media don't make their own music, they are given tracks and assigned songs based on brand fit.

This is generally true (although variably so from artist to artist). However, I get annoyed that people act like this is a bad thing. Are we mad at the New York Philharmonic because they don't compose the music they perform? Of course not. Now of course, there's a greater level of transparency there, but who cares? Who cares if Bruno Mars writes his own music? He performs it well, and I like it. All there is to it.

And that certainly doesn't make them not musicians, so I take umbridge with your quotes.

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LegendOfDrizzle t1_j8nulue wrote

That’s too bad! You should probably either hide a bunch of subs that are bringing you down or just stay off “Popular.” I hardly ever see anything that upsets me on “Home” 🤷🏼‍♂️

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NecrisRO OP t1_j8nuisd wrote

My subs are indeed curated to be more positive but somehow someone's twitter hot take screenshot still gets through no matter the sub. And even positive news "girl got out of rubble after 6 days" can sometimes cause anger because you're reminded of the corruption and greed that caused the building to collapse in the first place.

I chosen to do r/all to analyze what people generally see on the platform pushed by algos.

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extra_specticles t1_j8ntjtv wrote

This is why I unsubbed heaps of news and politics subs. I now view subs like r/mademesmile r/goodnews. In addition I stopped other social media and stopped watching and listening to most tv news. The amount of my feeling down just decreased massively.

More of them:

/r/wholesomememes /r/aww /r/randomkindness /r/examplesofgood /r/HappyCrowds /r/BeforeNAfterAdoption /r/FeelsLikeTheFirstTime /r/PupliftingNews

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