Comment on BREAKING: X CEO Linda Yaccarino Steps Down One Day After Elon Musk’s Grok AI Bot Went Full Hitler

• 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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