Comment on Chances for the fediverse? Elon Musk takes hit as Europeans ditch X in droves

CapriciousDay@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• zqps@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  For most people it’s unfortunately just " is it like Twitter" - both in terms of accessibility and algorithmic content suggestion.

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  • DriftingLynx@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I think a sad part of this is due to people wanting that vapid dopamagic response the algorithm provideds.

    Is it bad for us? Yes.

    But addicts are going to addict 🫤

    I know lots of people who made a fediverse account easy enough, but just end up back on the algorithm platforms as there’s no effort required for discovery.

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    • fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      For the longest time there just wasn’t enough activity so you’d get bored and stop checking back. There’s enough people now that this isn’t an issue anymore.

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  • CapriciousDay@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I think it’s more going to be more like twitter than they’re bargaining for.

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• Maalus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Except for the fact that most people dont like jumping through multiple hoops to register an account / need to do research beforehand to do it.

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  • CapriciousDay@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    If you Google “sign up for mastodon” the first result you get is a sign-up page for mastodon.social which is the default instance. The sign up page is straight forward. I get we’re all coddled by iPads or whatever but this argument evades me.

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    • Maalus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      What is instance? There are two buttons - sign up for mastodon or choose another instance, I just want to register etc etc.

      People dont care for decentralization, they want to sign up and share a link.

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      • CapriciousDay@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Listen I just don’t have sympathy for it at this point. If people insist on maintaining iPad-only tech literacy then they can catch up with any average intelligence 4 year old.

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    • RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      People don’t like to read.

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      • CapriciousDay@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Image

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  • Tanka@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    You said multiple, so name three hoops

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    • Maalus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I already said them down the chain. Also I am not your monkey to be doing tricks for you.

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• cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  personally i prefer bluesky just because the interface is more natural to me (and it’s just easier - but also because aew twitter is there and there’s more fandoms over on it) but i wish more people would embrace bridgyfed so that we don’t have to choose.

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  • CapriciousDay@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I mean I get it. And network effects are a thing. But these VC backed/owned firms (like bluesky) are cancer. Fascism promoting, lying, grifting, you name it. Can we please just try a little harder to support the community efforts?

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  • elena@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Have you tried using elk.zone? It mimics Twitter’s interface and has some great additional features (like zen mode)

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    • cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      oh i do like elk.zone and i do use fediverse, i just find myself more active on bsky just because i follow lots more. i have accounts on both and share on both for different reasons.

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• easily3667@lemmus.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Maybe they just don’t like your pattern, huu-man

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  • CapriciousDay@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    What, the VC funded tech firm turns makes lots of noise about not being evil before eventually just becoming evil yet again pattern? Yeah I don’t like it either.

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    • easily3667@lemmus.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Let the pessimism flow through you

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      • CapriciousDay@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Kind of like how I’d be pessimistic about sticking my fingers in the closing boot of a cybertruck yeah.

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