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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lazyViking@lemmy.world 5 days agoWhat do you mean non-fediverse? How does Federation affect addictiveness?
migo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 5 days 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.
lazyViking@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Oh ok, sorry. I wasn’t aware that the fediverse restricted algorithms
jaybone@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
I am also addicted to the fediverse.
AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Freebasing that fedi
lazyViking@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I guess for me the stench of the people are counteracting the near heroin addictiveness of the fediverse
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 5 days 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.