Mastodawn

I kind of suspect the loud voices frustrated at Mastodon and declaring it dead or an echo chamber are doing so because they cannot find a way to rig the system in their favour or pay to win like Twitter.

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JP 1d ago

@Rycochet I think you're right! in the gc earlier I was saying this about eg Dare's posting:

> He linkedin thotposts on masto just like he’d post on twitter, and I wish the collective fedi would stop entertaining that shit
> Milquetoast exposition, explainers for someone who’s never gotten to have a thought on a thing but could probably get there if they took the time
> Shaped very well for no-thought retoots, dense enough to refute because you’d have to engage with all the points and substance

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Andres 1d ago

@Rycochet sitting around with my friends at dinner, loudly complaining that this is an echo chamber

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David 1d ago

@Andres4NY @Rycochet
I feel an updated #xkcd would be suitable for this “anywhere the consensus differs from mine opinion is an echo chamber” phenomenon. Something based the classic “Sheeple” comic would fit:
https://xkcd.com/610/

Sheeple

xkcd

@Rycochet
Exactly. 😂

Also, there's no CEO to kiss up to.

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Facade 1d ago

@Rycochet from the people I've talked to IRL that tried it and not liked it the common thread seems to be that other platforms give you "more engagement"

i.e. "people see my posts faster"

i.e. "the gratification was more instant"

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Justin Macleod 12h ago

@Rycochet I would certainly prefer to see a greater variety of views on here. I think all social media platforms have degrees of echo chamberism and that is undesirable.

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killick 12h ago

@Rycochet

It reminds me of the time during a Twitter exodus that journalists who couldn't rapidly amass followers here said it wasn't any good.