I have been on the edge with twitter and reddit for a while and I have finally deleted my accounts that I have had for a very long time there. They are no longer the places I used to know, even more so with twitter. I am ready for my new time here and on mastodon.

Hello Lemmy

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[–] tyfi@wirebase.org 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is the huge problem with Masrodon imo. Twitter has all kinds of crazy algorithms, often bad and leaning towards hate/fear. Mastodon seems to be on the far other end with very little to drive engagement.

This is why a Reddit-type use (Lemmy) is perfect. The algorithm is mostly human driven with upvotes/downvotes.

[–] Salvo@aussie.zone 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This a huge benefit of federated content. I have never been force-fed content from an AlGoRiThYm that was remotely relevant to my interests.

That said, if someone does successfully develop a bot that does take into consideration my eclectic tastes, it can be easily implemented due to the open nature of ActivityPub. It is unlikely be corrupted by commercial interests to manipulate me, and if it does, I have the ability to ignore it.

[–] lime@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I mean I've found plenty of cool content, creators, and other accounts that completely align with my interests through algorithms. Right now the only way to find content that matches your interests on something like Mastodon is searching hashtags and hoping that people actually use them.