I have never been an "online community first" person. The internet is how I stay in touch with people I met in real life. I'm not a "tweet comments at celebrities" guy. I was never funny enough to be the funniest person on Twitter. So when Twitter was accidentally purchased

It became the only reliable source of information I had. People posted links with a minimal amount of commentary, picking and choosing the best content from other social media networks. They’re not doing it to “build a brand” because that’s not a thing in the Fediverse. It’s too disjointed to be a place to build a newsletter subscription base.

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
    606·
    2 months ago

    Even better.

    Most instances have human moderation, gating for bots, and yes, and you actually have to take 5-10 minutes to figure out how it all works, so the stupid people are automatically excluded by sheer complexity.

    I fucking love Mastodon.

    • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
      203·
      2 months ago

      Plenty of stupid people in the fediverse so I dont think we will win any prices for that, guys. And plenty of people who think they are smarter than average, and zero people who think they are dumber than average. The usual stuff.

      • OpenStars@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        What if someone KNEW that they were dumber than average - wouldn’t that make them smarter by definition? :-P

    • belunos@lemmus.orgEnglish
      61·
      2 months ago

      That’s not the problem. The problem is how fucking slow it is. It has such few users, I see the same post in the early am as the late pm. IRL I’m an introvert, but online I’m a social fucking butterfly, and I need to give and receive attention. Also, you are highly overestimating yourself if you think dumb people can figure this out, because I’m dumb af

    • Ecco the dolphin@lemmy.mlEnglish
      85·
      2 months ago

      I know you probably didn’t mean this, but I don’t think accessibility barriers are good. Diversity of thought is strength and bad comments naturally sink to the bottom.

      • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
        56·
        2 months ago

        After seeing how many terrorist ideologies have been allowed to thrive by claiming First Amendment protection since 2016.

        No.

        “Diversity of thought” my ass. I’m sure your wonderfully-diverse thoughts are just what all of us need to hear, but if they can’t pass muster under human moderation, they’re not worth platforming.

          • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
            34·
            2 months ago

            LOL

            Referring to self-hosting, human moderators as “authorities” is hilarious.

            I remember when, here in Missouri, the people wanted to regulate predatory payday lenders. Those opposed called their fucking organizations “Such and Such for Equal Credit Access”. Sounds nice right? Almost like the term “Diversity of Thought”.

            What you refer to as “empowerment”, I refer to as a cancer. It needs to be cut out, like they did back in the day on Cable Street.

            If you feel so disempowered, go have a conversation with Grok. He’ll make you feel super special.

        • Ecco the dolphin@lemmy.mlEnglish
          32·
          2 months ago

          Pretending these comments only come from “stupid” people is abelist and provably false.

          I am defending those with barriers, not fascists.

    • cookiecoookie@lemmy.worldEnglish
      44·
      2 months ago

      Stupid people can just use AI, so nothing is truly barred, not like it requires more than a 3rd grade reading level either. Your post being upvoted this much shows how easy it is for the average NPC to make an account.