Post APIbiZH6XMNGEprAy8 by sjoerdwachter@mstdn.social
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(DIR) Post #APIbOe50xjt7LhhaAC by james@mstdn.starnix.network
2022-11-05T16:29:04Z
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If #Twitter had no algorithm, despite it being centralized, would it function in a similar way to #Mastodon and the #fediverse?
(DIR) Post #APIbUqGIaD52rtw144 by tomasino@tilde.zone
2022-11-05T16:29:59Z
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@james algorithmic sorting is just one difference. federation and local management/community building is a far bigger different
(DIR) Post #APIbiZH6XMNGEprAy8 by sjoerdwachter@mstdn.social
2022-11-05T16:31:28Z
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@james No. One of the reasons is that here you can whole groups of people by muting certain servers.
(DIR) Post #APIdrsFRZ2xpb5e3Lk by sergiotarxz@social.owlcode.tech
2022-11-05T16:56:46Z
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@james Because Twitter mods would be the only source of possible moderation, disallowing anything that can make them lose money.
(DIR) Post #APIdwhc8WpmE43YtjU by MirceaKitsune@baraag.net
2022-11-05T16:57:33Z
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@james No because it would still be universally censored by a central corporation. At least #Mastodon is censored in chunks thanks to having multiple servers, you can join whichever you consider best for you and it naturally reaches a balance for everyone.
(DIR) Post #APIdzVNcTHYIzQ6lGK by DreazyBK@freeradical.zone
2022-11-05T16:58:07Z
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@james I think so. I have my feed set to chronological, have muted a bunch of terms that get rid of the garbage on the tl so all I see are tweets and retweets (no likes, follows, etc), and I patched the apk through revanced to remove ads. All of that definitely improved the overall user experience
(DIR) Post #APIeQCoRc1NjDsO3LU by RadiantFlux@freeradical.zone
2022-11-05T17:02:14Z
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@james no, because the local fed structure makes moderation much more effective. there is a reason why people coming from Twitter are surprised how non-toxic the community here is. Also, I am not sure, but I can't see how influencers would work here. Also no ads.
(DIR) Post #APIfW86o77AmKGMg6K by 2T2@mstdn.starnix.network
2022-11-05T17:15:17Z
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@james no twitter does not aggregate whole tweets like mastodon does with fedi toots. On twitter you can follow a certain hashtag or user but not everything that's being tweeted more or less in real time
(DIR) Post #APIibVdgM8Rec7zy7M by sam@masto.dotsod.com
2022-11-05T17:49:52Z
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@james algorithm is one thing, curation is completely another thing. If twitter remains centralized then it will still be a large entity curating everything that is happening under it. On the other hand with Fedi, I can have my own instance and i can curate my own feed to my liking, remove the voices i dont want to hear and amplify the voices i do like to hear. Fedi gives me total power of my feed!
(DIR) Post #APItChusfelKwpQ2t6 by supernovae@universeodon.com
2022-11-05T19:48:39Z
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@james NO - because it treated you like an audience vs a network ;)
(DIR) Post #APIv04m6ZXZZzBQ2Ma by Mek101@mstdn.io
2022-11-05T20:08:46Z
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@james It would still have centralized moderation and policing
(DIR) Post #APJ7oJu6i0nCXahnGK by james@mstdn.starnix.network
2022-11-05T22:32:17Z
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I probably should've just set this poll to just one day. Most of you voted no, and I answered why in the start of my new Twitter thread below:https://mstdn.starnix.network/@james/109293564940196985
(DIR) Post #APJkO92gMll1XME4MC by klaasjan@mas.to
2022-11-06T04:49:52Z
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@james Mastodon would still be better moderated.