You are viewing a single thread.
View all comments
18 points

The collapse of X should’ve been the movement to get rid of social media, not replace it with another identical platform

permalink
report
reply
25 points

…he said on social media…

Okay, so it’s a link aggregate, but still.

Why everyone’s so happy about BlueSky and Threads though is what pisses me off, and it’s that’s they are in the safe arms of a corporate daddy.

Submissive little shites.

permalink
report
parent
reply
12 points

You’re not wrong about Lemmy also being social media, but I view it as my methodone for Reddit. Long term I think I will get rid of Lemmy too.

permalink
report
parent
reply
2 points

I already ask useful things on lemmy, find guides and read interessant articles, maybe Lemmy is not as bad as other socials

permalink
report
parent
reply
10 points

I think giving it up is sort of a cop out. It’s like saying because all new movies suck, that you should stop watching films.

The good thing about Mastodon I feel is that people are more sincere than what you’ll find here, or even on Threads.

I also think Beehaw has a good idea by being strict. If you dislike the brainrot, remove the brainrot. Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water.

permalink
report
parent
reply
8 points

My guess is most normal people just want to be where every other normal person is and to have comment moderation enforced.

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

Decentralized/OSS platforms >>> Multiple competing centralized platforms >>> One single centralized platform

Bluesky and Threads are both bad but having more options than Twitter/X is still a step in the right direction, especially given the direction Musk is taking it in. As much as I like the fediverse (I won’t be using either Threads or BlueSky anytime soon), it still has a lot of problems surrounding ease of use. Lemmy, Mastodon, Misskey, etc. would benefit a lot from improving the signup process so that the average user doesn’t need to be overwhelmed with picking an instance and understanding how federation works.

permalink
report
parent
reply
3 points

Platforms like Twitter are incredibly useful for following public figures and journalists, your feed doesn’t have to be all brainrot. Having a similar platform that’s not in the hands of a billionaire freak is in the public interest.

permalink
report
parent
reply
0 points

Yeah but bluesky isn’t that.

permalink
report
parent
reply
4 points

But it is all brain rot since they changed their algorithm and started feeding me what posts they want to feed and showing me people Idon’t follow

permalink
report
parent
reply
2 points

Both platforms have a chronological “following” feed. That’s the only one I look at.

permalink
report
parent
reply

Technology

!technology@lemmy.world

Create post

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots


Community stats

  • 15K

    Monthly active users

  • 6.7K

    Posts

  • 153K

    Comments