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• send_me_your_ink@lemmynsfw.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Which is interesting because you and I both on social media interacting. Are we here because of the lack of algorithms/corporate bullshit?

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  • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Part of why I liked reddit was that the site was, in my experience, content-first rather than user-first. Social media like Instagram feels very centered around the users trying to get likes and subscribes, trying to gain a following, and that kind of bullshit. On reddit (and here) I pretty much never look at someone’s name. No one feels like they’re trying to build a following or a brand. It was just a place for people to talk about Elden Ring or whatever.

    I never really used facebook so I can’t speak to that authoritatively, but remember when they tried to see if they could make everyone sad? And somehow no one went to jail over it?

    But I’m an old man who yells at clouds. I don’t know if that’s how other people use social media.

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  • dinckelman@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That is one of the reasons why I enjoy this platform, so far. I feel like when something is posted, I can have a proper conversation about what’s happening. And a polite one, on top of that

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    • send_me_your_ink@lemmynsfw.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think I’m the same way? I know I much rather build my feed into something I want to read as opposed to what the algorithm thinks I want to read.

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      • dinckelman@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It’s not even about my own feed at that point. The platform is just irredeemable. They’ve shown that bigots, nazis, “secret government controversy”, and evangelicalz are all welcome there, and with that said, I have nothing I could want there

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