Social Quitting

#1

Post by wrycoder » Mon, Jan 09, 2023, 3:38 AM UTC

Re: Social Quitting

#2

Post by galaxyLogic » Mon, Jan 09, 2023, 3:55 AM UTC

I wasn't aware of how Facebook won over MySpace by using a bot to allow you to use MySpace THROUGH Facebook so you didn't really lose anything when you opened a Facebook account and started using it.

Now why couldn't there be a service that was simply a super-bot, it would automatically open an account for me on all social media platforms. It would then post all my entries to all other platforms, relay the responses back to me. Why not?

Re: Social Quitting

#3

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jan 09, 2023, 4:15 AM UTC

galaxyLogic wrote: post #2

I wasn't aware of how Facebook won over MySpace by using a bot to allow you to use MySpace THROUGH Facebook so you didn't really lose anything when you opened a Facebook account and started using it. Now why couldn't there be a service that was simply a super-bot, it would automatically open an account for me on all social media platforms. It would then post all my entries to all other platforms, relay the responses…

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Re: Social Quitting

#4

Post by Centigonal » Mon, Jan 09, 2023, 4:41 AM UTC

galaxyLogic wrote: post #2

I wasn't aware of how Facebook won over MySpace by using a bot to allow you to use MySpace THROUGH Facebook so you didn't really lose anything when you opened a Facebook account and started using it. Now why couldn't there be a service that was simply a super-bot, it would automatically open an account for me on all social media platforms. It would then post all my entries to all other platforms, relay the responses…

These exist for companies to unify their social media presence. See Sprinklr and Qualtrics Social Connect.

I bet a personal service that does this will face efforts by platform operators to block them - but I'm sure that could also be circumvented.

Re: Social Quitting

#5

Post by nostrapollo » Mon, Jan 09, 2023, 4:41 AM UTC

Hard to tell from my phone but are there any sources for the ‘exodus’ numbers? I don’t get the same impression that this post is laying out.

Re: Social Quitting

#6

Post by nuc1e0n » Mon, Jan 09, 2023, 5:03 AM UTC

Doctorow continues to be as wise as ever.

Re: Social Quitting

#7

Post by idlewords » Mon, Jan 09, 2023, 5:03 AM UTC

nuc1e0n wrote: post #6

Doctorow continues to be as wise as ever.

Devastatingly harsh but true

Re: Social Quitting

#8

Post by 29athrowaway » Mon, Jan 09, 2023, 5:03 AM UTC

galaxyLogic wrote: post #2

I wasn't aware of how Facebook won over MySpace by using a bot to allow you to use MySpace THROUGH Facebook so you didn't really lose anything when you opened a Facebook account and started using it. Now why couldn't there be a service that was simply a super-bot, it would automatically open an account for me on all social media platforms. It would then post all my entries to all other platforms, relay the responses…

And before, many people were on ICQ, MSN, AOL, etc.

Then before that you got BBSes, CompuServe, Minitel, etc.

And before that you probably got Ham radio.

Re: Social Quitting

#9

Post by wrycoder » Mon, Jan 09, 2023, 5:09 AM UTC

29athrowaway wrote: post #8

galaxyLogic wrote: post #2

I wasn't aware of how Facebook won over MySpace by using a bot to allow you to use MySpace THROUGH Facebook so you didn't really lose anything when you opened a Facebook account and started using it. Now why couldn't there be a service that was simply a super-bot, it would automatically open an account for me on all social media platforms. It would then post all my entries to all other platforms, relay the responses…

And before, many people were on ICQ, MSN, AOL, etc. Then before that you got BBSes, CompuServe, Minitel, etc. And before that you probably got Ham radio.

Don’t forget IRC, USENET, and plain old email lists, like Mailman.

Re: Social Quitting

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Post by mkl95 » Mon, Jan 09, 2023, 5:10 AM UTC

> This didn’t happen to Facebook and Twitter. Both attained a scale and durability that exceeded the networks that preceded them. For many people, it seemed like the operators of these services had cracked the nut of making eternal social media.

There is a qualitative aspect to it that is not reflected by numbers yet. In the late 2000s to early 2010s Twitter used to be this cool new thing everyone wanted to try out. Now a significant part of society sees it as a cesspool.