If scrolling feels more exhausting than entertaining, you're not alone. I feel the same way, and a recent study backs up the sentiment: Social media is losing its fun factor.
Most of my microblogging stuff has been just shouting in the void about stuff I’ve been doing. And random brainfarts. I follow cool people on social media so I can see them shout in the void about what they’re doing. And their random brainfarts.
I’m happy Mastodon still lets me do just that. Perfect platform for that sort of stuff.
The Algo Lords decided people don’t actually want to see that, they want “popular” things and engagement bait. Yeah no, not what I want.
Look how much Twitter ragebait gets upvoted here on Lemmy.
Whenever I go to check the source for the posts, they aren’t even real; it’s a bot account posting 24/7, or at the very least a dedicated engagement farmer. But people don’t care, they just want that feeling.
Most of my microblogging stuff has been just shouting in the void about stuff I’ve been doing. And random brainfarts. I follow cool people on social media so I can see them shout in the void about what they’re doing. And their random brainfarts.
I’m happy Mastodon still lets me do just that. Perfect platform for that sort of stuff.
The Algo Lords decided people don’t actually want to see that, they want “popular” things and engagement bait. Yeah no, not what I want.
To be fair, engagement bait works.
Look how much Twitter ragebait gets upvoted here on Lemmy.
Whenever I go to check the source for the posts, they aren’t even real; it’s a bot account posting 24/7, or at the very least a dedicated engagement farmer. But people don’t care, they just want that feeling.