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• Objection@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  This sketch was about Facebook but it’s also relevant to Twitter

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  • TheFogan@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Actually more relevant now, considering the ending

    “Go to the site where Nazi’s scream at you”. It’s talking about moving from facebook to twitter.

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  • humanspiral@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Well the punchline to that sketch is “instead of FB, just do what I do: Go to the site where nazis scream at you!” just might be that twitter reference you said was missing.

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  • VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That was painful.

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• ter_maxima@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Non-fediverse social media is designed to be addictive because that’s how the people running it make money.

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  • lazyViking@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    What do you mean non-fediverse? How does Federation affect addictiveness?

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    • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      That’s easy. It’s more dull here, and there’s less lock-in.

      No, really. Social media without the dopamine-pump-style algorithm behind it is far less stimulating. Meanwhile, the Federation model itself allows us to abandon nodes that are co-opted by bad actors. So there’s always somewhere else to go with all your favorite stuff when things go sour.

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    • migo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Algorithmically curated timelines are designed to be addictive. Fediverse doesn’t have that, it’s time based, like it used to be before.

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      • LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        It CAN be time based, but there’s also a “hot” and an “active” sorting. Both of which are “algorithms”.

        It’s a lot more simple of an algorithm, and doesn’t intentionally push specific topics, but if you open lemmy.world anonymously, you’ll see a default “All/Active” feed which is sorted by engagement.

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      • lazyViking@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Oh ok, sorry. I wasn’t aware that the fediverse restricted algorithms

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    • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I am also addicted to the fediverse.

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      • AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Freebasing that fedi

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      • lazyViking@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I guess for me the stench of the people are counteracting the near heroin addictiveness of the fediverse

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• mhague@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  You can mimic the feel of Twitter by taking reddit threads and cutting them at the most popular reply (Reddit already does this), and then reversing the order. Now the “best” content is front and center and the conversation / context is in the background. Users don’t have to go through the tediousness of a discussion before experiencing the sheer joy of a witty response. The emotions come faster and more consistently.

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• Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  People use it for the same reason they use Truth Social.

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• CluckN@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Unfortunately I think people don’t care how the sausage is made. It has porn and racist edgy memes so they’ll keep coming back.

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  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    half of the users are probably porn OF accounts, i wonder if any of them actually divested from x. we know meta doesnt allow porn of any kind.

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• Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  There’s just a lot less activity on the alternatives. Especially if you’re trying to follow niche interests.

  Obviously, I left, but I get how barren it can feel when the latest post about a hobby of yours is 3 days old, instead of 3 minutes.

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• mal3oon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Like what the fuck is possibly on there that justifies using that piece of shit platform?

  Tech news. Fast tech news. It’s well centralized. Unfortunately nothing comes close (not reddit, nor HN, nor lemmy).

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• Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Like what the fuck is possibly on there that justifies using that piece of shit platform?

  People. Lots of people. Including Doctor Cory Doctorow and Molly White.

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  • a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Cory Doctorow is on mastodon, just like Molly White

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    • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yes and they’re also on Xitter

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      • a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        and we are talking about reasons why people are still there - those two aren’t one, because you can read their posts somewhere else too. Except if you meant that people are still there because those two are still there.

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