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Shower thoughts (social media)

I assert that "Engagement" is antithetical to social media.

For example - Facebook and tiktok have great "engagement" - I know, I've just got out of being suckered by fucking videos I got sent from those platforms for 3 hours...

OTOH. I dip into fedi very much less. It has terrible "Engagement".

But I find my tribe on here all the time.

We talk about real stuff (mostly).

**** The fact that I can pick up and put down Fedi means that I *have* a life to talk about on it. ****

May Fedi forever have terrible Engagement.

alastair87
alastair87  
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Personally I still find it quite addictive though. I wonder if there is any pattern linked to what instance software is being used - e.g Firefish has a feed that moves on a new post and dings. I think Friendica might be less 'pushy' and better at not having that effect.
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alastair87
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One thing that's very different about the fediverse is how much it's driven by interest rather than proximity. E.g. my best friend at uni was in the next room in 1st year, but I'm not sure I'd ever have talked to him otherwise.

Here almost everyone is people I've discovered through shared interests.

alastair87
alastair87  
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One good thing about it being single user and self-hosted is if I need to enforce a break I can not just block the site, I can turn it off at the source.
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