• mienshao@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    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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        19 hours 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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        19 hours 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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      17 hours ago

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

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          14 hours 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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          16 hours 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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            16 hours 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 https://lemmy.world/ anonymously, you’ll see a default “All/Active” feed which is sorted by engagement.

            • A Wild Mimic appears!@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              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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      18 hours 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.

    • Ulrich@feddit.org
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      11 hours 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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      19 hours 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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        10 hours 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.