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So where are we all supposed to go now?

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Re: So where are we all supposed to go now?

#101

I still enjoy twitter, I find its death greatly exaggerated.

I could say the same about reddit except for the "enjoy" part. I imagine that in a while people will give up on finding alternatives and go back to reddit. Unless reddit keeps doing more stupid stuff it's not going away anytime soon.

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Re: So where are we all supposed to go now?

#103

I still enjoy twitter, I find its death greatly exaggerated.

If you want to follow domestic US politics/rage bait, I imagine you are having a good time. After the facebook stuff of 2016-2020, I went to twitter trying to avoid ragebait, it was there too. Its not dead, its just not helpful. You get way better stuff from individual subreddits. You get even better stuff reading a non-fiction book. Reddit's app suggests rage-bait which is why its become so bad.

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Re: So where are we all supposed to go now?

#104
In the 5th paragraph and in the title subtext, the author bemoans the fact that all of the other for-profit social media websites are for entertainment. This reeks of echo chamber nonsense to me. ALL social media is essentially entertainment for ~98% of users if they are honest with themselves. There are absolutely cases where Facebook is used to keep in touch and keep track of family and friends, certain Reddit communities can be a resource for hobbyists and professionals, Twitter contains breaking news. But the majority of page views on all of these platforms are for entertainment and always have been. If you consider these platforms to be important professional and/or technical tools, you probably aren't a frequent user and only go there via Google search or you are a writer for the Verge or some other publication that takes itself too seriously.

Re: So where are we all supposed to go now?

#105
post #9

I've been enjoying Metafilter again after many years, and also Tildes. There are well established forums for my interests that were always bigger than they were on reddit. I have some Tildes invites if anyone wants them.

Also looking for Tildes invites, if anyone has one!

Re: So where are we all supposed to go now?

#106
Lemmy has been great. Only been on about a week, haven't missed Reddit even a litte, and I was a friggin' addict. Mastodon too, been on there for a few years but I don't use it much, I was off Twitter long before that even came around and I wasn't really looking for a replacement.

Watching all the various types of assholes fail to gain any foothold in the fediverse, while simultaneously watching them implode the current mainstream platforms, is very refreshing.

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