@avon_deer I'm 100% steering clear of it and staying with Masto.
@avon_deer @renbymon I’d rather they get fooled than stay on Twitter. And hey at least it’s not Threads. Fuck FB and Zuck. Jack sucks too but maybe a lil less? Iono. Pick your poison.
Staying on Twitter is unacceptable imo.
Social media companies have tricked some very smart people into thinking that clout-farming is the only way to create a following, when what we should be doing is building communities
you haven't, or at least i don't think you have. it's the nature of the infinite scrolling content stream
@avon_deer @renbymon want to clarify this reply as i ithink it was confusing, when i say people are clout farming instead of building communities i think that "big" social media has successfully convinced people that posting high-visibility 'viral' content *is* building a community, which it isn't and can never be
@renbymon i am honestly in despair at the number of ppl i know considering getting fooled again. And yet if traffic disappears among the ppl i know here as a result i might be forced to join them. Fuck sake. I thought we were supposed to be technically smart.