Post AAkGa7wYR5cF8QAVYu by le_ArthurDent@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AAkGa7wYR5cF8QAVYu by le_ArthurDent@mastodon.social
       2021-08-27T05:53:32Z
       
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       I just recently realised, that proprietary social networks are not social networks but entertainment networks. That's why at least my friends have a hard time switching to mastodon or pixelfed. People expect to be highly entertained the first second they enter the network and kept that way all the time. Being confronted with a network that is stripped from all these addictive tools is a massive cultural clash.
       
 (DIR) Post #AAkRPX5jh7zlRNc7eK by GNUxeava@fedi.absturztau.be
       2021-08-27T10:47:38.939627Z
       
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       @le_ArthurDent i like this interpretation
       
 (DIR) Post #AAkSKNKKSF9ZFeFBQW by satan@hell.social
       2021-08-27T10:57:54.620Z
       
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       @le_ArthurDent@mastodon.social Tell them that I am here, and they will come
       
 (DIR) Post #AAkdwuDXiQdjl9e3W4 by waifu@waifuism.life
       2021-08-27T13:08:08.443384Z
       
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       @le_ArthurDent hadn't thought about it in this way :cool:
       
 (DIR) Post #AAkh4M7YfYTgBr5dNA by mgrondin@youdabomb.social
       2021-08-27T13:43:05.433361Z
       
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       @le_ArthurDent And this realization is part of the reason why i want to go back to dial-up(or otherwise) BBS's.
       
 (DIR) Post #AAzJg9shNRgLvmh1Xs by catswhocode@mk.absturztau.be
       2021-09-03T15:01:39.337Z
       
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       @le_ArthurDent@mastodon.social wow, I had never considered that motivation! I find the fediverse pretty entertaining
       
 (DIR) Post #AFOo7yCYLHGnRj8KLg by vib@mk.vibbe.xyz
       2021-08-27T10:59:41.730Z
       
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       @le_ArthurDent@mastodon.social well i mean. fedi can get addictive too, at least later.But at the very least it is achieved in a more organic way.While proprietary social networks usually these days (especially the ones known to be really addictive like TikTok) have an algorithm that feeds them content. On fediverse services the content can't be given by an algorithm. Instead one has to start from nothing, find some people they like. But then through those people find other and it goes from there.A good example is something like Spotifiy vs FunkWhale.Spotify takes user data en large, processes it, relates your music taste to other's similar music taste out of your sight and recommends you something.On FunkWhale one has to go find other users with similar tastes and follow their libraries.It is almost comparable to processed food vs unprocessed normal food.
       
 (DIR) Post #AFOo7yioPL4f3mE5dA by StampedingLonghorn@social.linux.pizza
       2022-01-13T02:51:02Z
       
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       @vib @le_ArthurDent I'm more addicted to Mastodon than I've ever gotten with Facebook or other social media.