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BREAKING: X CEO Linda Yaccarino Steps Down One Day After Elon Musk’s Grok AI Bot Went Full Hitler (www.mediaite.com)
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[–] 210 points 1 year ago (20 children)

I think this every single time I see news about that website. Like what the fuck is possibly on there that justifies using that piece of shit platform? Insanity.

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  • [–] 58 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago (9 children)

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

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (8 children)

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

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year 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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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    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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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    It does not restrict them per se, it's just that the mechanics of what to show you are either simply based on posting time, or amount of "interactions" or "interactions/time" or similar simple algorithms. It would be possible to analyze posts for specific content and show you for example ragebait only, but i doubt that pull request would be accepted - you would probably have to make a fork of your fediverse platform and implement it there.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year 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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  • [–] 2 points 1 year 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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  • [–] 3 points 1 year 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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