Roundcat

So does it allow this by granting immortality or by necromancy?

This is some radicalizing shit right here.

Gosh BBC, I was here all along.

Then I take comfort in the fact it might serve to sabotage whatever it generates.

I just take comfort in the fact that my art will never be good enough for a generative Ai to steal.

The whole article is a bit clunky to read.

“The word ‘unprecedented’ gets thrown around a lot…” Are you trying to reach a minimum word count?

Turns out, the brands and the ads weren’t the reason people were sticking to Twitter.

They probably should have, but I’m glad they didn’t.

You seem pretty cool actually.

People here are mostly cool, But it does feel like more and more of the obnoxious redditors are discovering this place.

The question is do we actually want everyone from twitter to be here?

Who’s an adorable little meat bun? 🥰

Pupper!!!

Oh my god your dog is adorable!

Does your dog have a social media platform? I would like to join this site.

I always got the impression it was more geared towards pushing brands and celebrities in front of you rather than being an engaging social media platform.

Shit, I’ve been in the wrong industry this whole time.

I don’t know about “MOST” as there are still a good amount of mainstream companies that advertise on the site. At least you wouldn’t know it if you are still on the site constantly. And I’m mostly going on about the users there who don’t like the changes there and constantly complain about them in articles or youtube, yet it is the only way they insist on engaging with their followers still.

The thing about Mastodon and Lemmy to users who exclusively use those sites is they are themselves a bubble. There are weeks I spend most of my web activity on kbin, and would believe reddit is on its death spiral. Yet I peak over there, and it’s about as active as when I left it. I even see articles about reddit or twitters activity recovering that I never see get shared here, because at the end of the day, the narrative we want to hear is “Corporate site is dying, we are the future!”

Hell no. If there is one thing I learned from moving over to fediverse, it’s that people are what make the site enjoyable or frustrating. As it is now, I enjoy the userbase here and on Mastodon, and the last thing I would want is for the most insufferable of Twitter users to come and ruin it. I’m happy most people who are quitting Twitter are joining the other alternatives. I would rather people join the fediverse as a more deliberate choice based on what we offer.

Except that their business model of “bUt EvErYoNe Is HeRe” or “Mastodon/Bluesky is too complicated” seems to be keeping them afloat.

I actually find myself spending more time here, to the point to where I might have to take a break because it’s starting to become unhealthy.

I think the reason why is since there are less posts per volume, it’s easier to read through everything. Since the communities are smaller, the news and discussion is more focused. And because a lot of the more tech savy and activist minded individuals made the switch over to lemmy, I find it easier to have more nuanced conversation than on reddit.

However some of my bad habits from reddit are starting to resurface here, and I probably need to start regulating my time here. At the very least, I feel like I get a lot more out of my time and participation here.