[ExI] Capitalistic Corruption

[efc at swisscows.email]

Hello Adrian,

Yes, if you only stay with the content of one heavily ideologized 
instance, they are the ultimate echo chamber.

In order to get more well rounded views, you need to follow several people 
from several instances to get a nicer global view of things.

Then you have the "mega" instances like mastodon.social (well, mega as in 
millions, but not 100s of millions of members). Those are closer to 
twitter.

Best regards,
Daniel


On Sat, 13 May 2023, Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat wrote:

> Wouldn't the alignment of instances, and keeping instances completely separate from one another, reduce Mastodon to echo chambers in
> most cases?
> 
> On Sat, May 13, 2023 at 2:17 PM efc--- via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>       I don't enjoy social media that much and I never had a twitter or a
>       facebook account, and I don't even have a smartphone, so with that in
>       mind, why twitter?
>
>       Did you ever try mastodon? If you choose an instance aligned with your
>       interests and/or values, maybe you will get more pleasure out of the
>       experience?
>
>       Best regards,
>       Daniel
> 
>
>       On Sat, 13 May 2023, Gadersd via extropy-chat wrote:
>
>       > Some of the members on this list strongly support Elon Musk’s acquisition of twitter. My experience, however, is
>       growing negative. I have noticed a significant decrease in the quality of tweets that show in my feed. I’ve been flooded
>       with cookie cutter exaggerations from influencer types who have paid at least $8 per month for twitter blue which
>       promotes their tweets above the rest. Twitter now feels like an advertising platform where tweets are ranked according to
>       the amount of money influencers pay to promote their tweets rather than by wit and merit.
>       >
>       > I must admit that I generally like capitalism, but I don’t think the pay to win views approach is good for social
>       media. I much prefer a fairer playing field where posts are not ranked based on money, but rather popularity derived from
>       originality and ingenuity. I am okay with a few ads, but having every high ranking post be more or less an ad degrades
>       the experience for me.
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