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Re:It's not just you – no one is posting on social media any... by hot_gril on Thursday August 31, 2023 @04:43PM (#37343433)
The non-friend posts on social media are the root of all problems here. Once your engagement is with people you don't know IRL, bad things like ragebait and bots tend to win the global popularity contests. The simple "algorithms = bad, chronological = good" mentality was right all along. Explicit sharing is fine too.

How'd we get here, well the inflection point was removing the timeline and putting algo feed instead, which was probably a response to dipping engagement as social media became less cool. The cool places nowadays are group chats.

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Re:It's not just you – no one is posting on social media any... by happytiger on Thursday August 31, 2023 @06:14PM (#37344344)
Social media companies focus more on investors than users these days, and the negative effects for users are painful. Crazy ad loads, totally irrelevant and vapid but popular posts to boost time-on-site and engagement metrics, and every other trick of the trade to keep those investors happy make users seek alternatives at scale.
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