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Social media has become just a large engagement farm. (lemmy.eco.br)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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(Fisrt time posting on Lemmy, please be patient)

I don't know if it was also like this before, but I feel like recently every social media is focused on getting comments, likes, views, people sharing your post, being popular, when the before that (late 199X- mid 201x) was more about being unique and just sharing your own creations and remixes. What makes me feel like this is that whenever I (rarely) open Twitter and go to the homepage most of the posts are something baiting the viewer into commenting or sharing. When your post doesn't has many interactions or views, you're deemed as "a failure". It seems like the (anti)social media is empty with baits and overshared memes. Long gone were the days of being original without having to directly copy someone to have validation and recognition.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Social media has become just has become just a large engagement farm.

What is happening with that title?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

My mind skipped over the duplicate words until you pointed it out lol

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Would you believe me if I told you that I don't know either?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Hey at least you admit it and seem to be doing okay. Just fyi you can edit titles on Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is how a bot would respond

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

This is how a bot would respond, too.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

That looks like edition error for me. OP likely wrote something, then erased it halfway, then rewrote it, without noticing that he already wrote that part. I do this all the time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Stroke.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Aight, I feel much better now. Now what about that title.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Gotta pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers in this racket. I myself, I jerk off at least twice a day.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Pfft, amateurs. This is my third time today and I gotta rub it against the carpet to arouse some feeling.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

First it’s carpets then next thing you know you wake up after a two-month multi-country bender in an alley on a dumpster couch covered in love juices.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Oddly specific. Is there something you'd like to share? 👀

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Stronk