It’s funny, almost two years down the track from Musk’s Absorbaloff-ing of Twitter, while I have far far fewer followers on #mastodon, there is SO MUCH MORE engagement and conversation here. More than Bluesky or Threads as well.
And no pornbots in the replies.
I don’t know the path forward for this style of social media, but it’s weird how many more actual people are talking here than over at Animal Bot Farm.
"And no pornbots in the replies."
Mastodon, the place where photos of pussies are photos of actual cats...
Seriously, are pornbots a regular thing on Xitter now?
@Lily_and_frog @Catvalente Yes.
In the comments and also just unprovoked in your DMs.
In the last months I wan't actibe there anymore and the only notifications I got were pornbot spam. :)
Jeez... it sounds like being stuck in the year 2000 on a loop when we were getting loads of Cialis spam on HoTMaiL...
"Not going back"
@Glatorius @Lily_and_frog @Catvalente
Thank you, past me, for closing my DMs....
It's weird how sincere engagement is reacted to with sincere response 🤔
@Catvalente It may never gain massive adoption, but it seems like a more sustainable paradigm.
The quality of content is definitely higher, and I have so much more control over my timeline. I can't imagine ever going back to Xitter.
…right?
when you remove the profit motive that drives conflict and controversy, you get the #HumanAlgorithm promoting community and conversation.
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