• Artair Geal@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Absolutely no surprise there. When you keep the barrier to entry low and throw in an algorithm to increase “engagement” via outrage, the soup turns to poison quickly.

    This is why every time someone says the Fediverse is “too confusing,” I just smile and nod. That attitude of petulant, lazy, self-imposed gatekeeping is what’s keeping the Fediverse a much nicer place to be.

  • pavnilschanda@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Honestly apps like Threads and Twitter should just be a containment site for these types of people. Let them be…

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      1 year ago

      If threads scoops up all the people who turned twitter and reddit into celebrity gossip meme ghettos and keeps them in the shallow end of the pool then everybody wins