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I don't have to because I just use the "following" tab? I only see people I follow. Really don't get the point of this service
but i feel you, the following tab is definitely a healthier/more controllable space
It was much easier and healthier for me to just leave Twitter (never gonna call it the other name). In fact, I’ve left nearly all of social media. It would be nice to get away from all algorithmic content feeds. Maybe someday.
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If you have to fight this much to use a platform...why bother?
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It was much easier and healthier for me to just leave Twitter (never gonna call it the other name). In fact, I’ve left nearly all of social media. It would be nice to get away from all algorithmic content feeds. Maybe someday.
Social media apps have downsides, but I find the algorithmic short videos on facebook ("reels") quite incredible. The algo seems to suggest mostly science; niches I would never have known about, let alone had an active interest in, had the algo not suggested them. I suspect experiences using social media apps differ wildly from person to person.
I had an amazing experience with Facebook shorts! What happened was I...
I had an amazing... (hits the close button)
I don't have to because I just use the "following" tab? I only see people I follow. Really don't get the point of this service
i like the for you page since i can discover fresh/new work from others. otherwise how would i get to the point of following someone? (excluding when you find the person's account on an external site) but i feel you, the following tab is definitely a healthier/more controllable space
I still do it that way, better to do a (very) slow roll and build up a network slowly than to follow the accounts Twitter's algorithm thinks I should follow (IMHO).
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Switching to mastodon has been such a breath of fresh air. No algo-driven feed manipulating me to constantly check in means that I have a much healthier relationship with it. If I'm, say, on the metro I can use it to kill time for 5 minutes... and then put it down, and I don't feel compelled to pick it up.
It was much easier and healthier for me to just leave Twitter (never gonna call it the other name). In fact, I’ve left nearly all of social media. It would be nice to get away from all algorithmic content feeds. Maybe someday.
Social media apps have downsides, but I find the algorithmic short videos on facebook ("reels") quite incredible. The algo seems to suggest mostly science; niches I would never have known about, let alone had an active interest in, had the algo not suggested them. I suspect experiences using social media apps differ wildly from person to person.
Mine discovered that I go wild for horse videos. The fewer humans on screen, the better.
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Social media apps have downsides, but I find the algorithmic short videos on facebook ("reels") quite incredible. The algo seems to suggest mostly science; niches I would never have known about, let alone had an active interest in, had the algo not suggested them. I suspect experiences using social media apps differ wildly from person to person.
I had an amazing experience with Facebook shorts! What happened was I... I had an amazing experience with Facebook shorts! What happened was I... I had an amazing... (hits the close button)
Consider an analogy with a knife. If someone quits using knives simply because they had previously cut themselves, and someone says: “wait, there’s at least one useful application for these things”, and demonstrates the useful application, that could be enough for that person to discover how useful knives can be when used right.
Exact same goes for any tool that can cause both harm and benefit, like social media apps.