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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

...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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 20 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago

In all likelihood that experience will be temporary, in one of two ways. Either Lemmy becomes mainstream enough to enshittify beyond your tolerance, or Lemmy atrophies into obscurity and ceases being a platform with any benefit.

Which will happen, and on what timescale it will happen? Who knows. But I wager one of those outcomes is inevitable before too long. The "chill, somewhat unknown but appreciably active platform" position is long-term an unstable one.

Until then, we're all just in time to bask in the warm glow of this little experiment for at least a little while.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

Yeah but bluesky isn't that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

RSS rests in peace