hotOrNot

Re:Attention Media ≠ Social Networks on Sunday February 22, 2026 @01:12PM (#47113252)

I find the algorithmic feeds literally horrible on twitter. Algorithmic feeds only work with video content/short form I feel like

Re:Attention Media ≠ Social Networks on Sunday February 22, 2026 @01:10PM (#47113231)

Yup, feeling the same way. Mastodon needs to leverage a friends graph somehow

Re:Attention Media ≠ Social Networks on Sunday February 22, 2026 @01:07PM (#47113201)

A followers graph is much more stable. You can have 1m followers but you can't have 1m friends

Re:Web 2.0 vs. AI where is the fucking dynamism on Thursday February 19, 2026 @11:03AM (#47075214)

You are right on that. I just miss the way that just normal dudes could just build something and it having a good chance of becoming INSANELY viral overnight

Re:Web 2.0 vs. AI where is the fucking dynamism on Thursday February 19, 2026 @08:42AM (#47073631)

I do agree, but I also wanna point out that back then you did not have to be a phd or a researcher to do something. You could do something in a weekend (something that people want) and then hope that you can INSANELY viral. Nowadays the small actors have it somehow worse in that respect, I feel like.

Re:Web 2.0 vs. AI where is the fucking dynamism on Thursday February 19, 2026 @08:30AM (#47073519)

But don't you miss the dynamism? Looking back, it is quite sad, that we never reached that peak again

Web 2.0 vs. AI where is the fucking dynamism

Posted by hotOrNot on Thursday February 19, 2026 @08:27AM
from the self-post dept.

HYPERGROWTH:Back then, it felt like there was a banger website/app every year. AI still has not solved the horizontal problem. It is still hard to use for many. The dynamism back teh was crazy. THINGS like facebook or Youtube were made by college kids and took over the world over night. TOOK OVER. Nowadays it is just a few AI companies at the top.(google openai x anthropic), where is the dynamism

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