Big Tech designed their platforms to keep you trapped. YouTube, X, Instagram, and TikTok aren't neutral spaces. They're businesses built on capturing your attention and data. Their algorithms, notification systems, and content policies all serve one purpose: keeping you engaged on their terms. And their terms alone. There's no freedom
  • scripthook@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    2 hours ago

    I tried Bluesky for while but honestly I like Mastadon and Lemmy better. I’m also testing LOOPS (tiktok replacement) which is from the same creator as Pixelfed. There’s something comforting using decentralized platforms that are safe from Government and Corporate intervention

  • Gunpachi@lemmings.worldEnglish
    35·
    5 hours ago

    I hope more active users move to the fediverse. That way we will have a lot of variety in content and can also potentially prevent communities from becoming echo chambers. I suppose moderation will also have to be taken up a notch for these changes to actually have a positive effect.

    • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      50 minutes ago

      Also, more active users means more niche communities. I just realized there’s a Severance community that is medium active. One less thing I need Reddit for.

    • Flagstaff@programming.devEnglish
      7·
      2 hours ago

      prevent communities from becoming echo chambers

      I suspect this will still become a problem since we can subscribe to whichever communities we like and vice versa.

      • meyotch@slrpnk.netEnglish
        7·
        2 hours ago

        It is a feature, not a problem.

        I have, like, this whole rich life offline. My curated list of instances and communities (plus my user block list) is just my entertainment and a small portion of my day.

        You may not believe this but I have numerous thoughts, activities and interactions that never leave a trace online. I have no obligation to drink from the firehose that is being pumped from the septic tank of the human psyche.

  • humiddragonslayer@lemm.eeEnglish
    24·
    5 hours ago

    I remember reading a book that talked about public spaces and how we often think of malls as public spaces, but they have so many restrictions and ulterior motives that it doesn’t really hold.

    They’re essentially the irl equivalent of centralised social media platforms. I hope once the fediverse really takes off, we can have ‘official’ platforms/instances that are run by governments that federate only to other ‘official’ ones. That seems like a better way to reach people, instead of Xitter.

    • freebee@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      16·
      5 hours ago

      It is incredibly frustrating to see for example Ursula Von der Leyen preaching “EU STRONG” stuff on fucking shitter. Really? This is your way of showing how strong the EU is and we shouldn’t or can’t rely on USA? By posting your I’m strong message on the precise platform the US chief nazification officer owns? FFS.

      If all EU governments together decide to ditch shitter and move to mastodon instances, media follows. It’s a pretty cheap measure to implement, too.

      • meyotch@slrpnk.netEnglish
        4·
        1 hour ago

        Hard agree! I do think fediverse platforms are perfect for public entities to disseminate information.

        I’m US based so my example is say a county. They already have the IT infrastructure and staff. Make an instance for the county and a community for each department.

        The road department can post road closures and upcoming traffic diversions. The parks department can promote events, etc.

        These type of instances can just disable comments. They are read-only so moderation is not needed.

        It’s trivial from a resource perspective and even easier than updating a website.

    • Darren@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      1·
      1 hour ago

      I’ve been using Moshidon. One day I’ll find an app as good as Ivory on iOS, but in the meantime Moshidon is fine.