▲ 858 ▼ Chances for the fediverse? Elon Musk takes hit as Europeans ditch X in droves (www.politico.eu) submitted 1 year ago by tfm@europe.pub to c/fediverse@lemmy.world 158 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/372863 cross-posted from: https://metawire.eu/post/61363 The right-wing billionaire’s platform has recently lost about 10 percent of its European user base.
[–] untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) I'd love it if the fediverse could have its own algoithms as long as theyre open sourced and made ethically, like they shouldn't mess with peoples mental health or cause social media addictions permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Muyal@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yes. People don't realize algorithms are one of the main reasons decentralized sited haven't taken off. Most people don't want to spend time looking for their content, they just want to log in, laugh at funny memes and look at pretty art permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bufalo1973@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago You are the algorithm. It's like going out decades ago. You didn't have an app to tell you which restaurant, bar or pub was good. You had to go and see it for yourself. Here is the same. You see people and you decide if it's good enough to follow them. The same with communities. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Muyal@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yes. People don't realize algorithms are one of the main reasons decentralized sited haven't taken off. Most people don't want to spend time looking for their content, they just want to log in, laugh at funny memes and look at pretty art permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bufalo1973@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago You are the algorithm. It's like going out decades ago. You didn't have an app to tell you which restaurant, bar or pub was good. You had to go and see it for yourself. Here is the same. You see people and you decide if it's good enough to follow them. The same with communities. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bufalo1973@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago You are the algorithm. It's like going out decades ago. You didn't have an app to tell you which restaurant, bar or pub was good. You had to go and see it for yourself. Here is the same. You see people and you decide if it's good enough to follow them. The same with communities. permalink fedilink source parent