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[-] ultrasquid@kbin.social 38 points 1 year ago

I've said this a bunch of times, but Mastodon's use of a chronological feed is what kills it. What it really needs is for the default tab to be a "trending" tab, cause that's what users want to see.

[-] Dee@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago

Mastodon’s use of a chronological feed is what kills it.

Funny, that's exactly the reason I like Mastodon's feed over traditional social media. No bullshit being pushed, just the people I'm following and the posts they make.

[-] ransom@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 year ago

But twitter people love bullshit!

[-] Freesoftwareenjoyer@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

No algorithm designed to keep you addicted or run experiments on you.

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago
[-] muhyb@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago
[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago
[-] muhyb@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

You can't leave you're a frog!

[-] DrQuint@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

You're saying this... On Lemmy. You do know we have three different "trending" settings here, right?

I honestly much prefer the idea of a chronological feed too, but disagree that's what kills a platform. Tumblr has both the chronological and the trending for you/for all, and it was also ignored.

[-] Dee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You do know we have three different “trending” settings here, right?

Which are optional so what's your point?

[-] Angry_Maple@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Don't forget that some people have more than one account

[-] mochi@lemdit.com 16 points 1 year ago

That’s not what I want to see.

[-] ezmack@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

The sign up process is just too confusing for most people too. I tried evangelizing it when musk took over and that was everyones response. Need like a temporary instance for new accounts that you can transfer out of once you've got your sea legs

[-] TrismegistusMx@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Counterpoint: This tiny little hurdle keeps out the lazy and ignorant.

[-] dfc09@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

That's how I feel right now. I don't need the Fediverse to replace reddit and Twitter, I want it to be a refuge from the commercialized crap! The people who can't be bothered to figure out Lemmy or Mastodon can stay right where they are!

[-] boopdepop@lemmy.fmhy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Exactly, lemmy feels like my kind of people. Going against proprietary stuff, against privacy nightmares. It's the fact that I can relate to people here that makes it such a good replacement for commercial alternatives.

[-] Serinus@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Exactly. Why would I want anyone else in my community when I can just talk to myself! !league@lemmy.ml

[-] dfc09@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I think these communities are plenty big already! I spent a while on tildes before coming here so in used to, and enjoy, smaller communites.

[-] Freesoftwareenjoyer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

But people using those platforms is not good for our society. Of course if they cared about freedom a little bit of extra difficulty wouldn't really bother them. But the goal should be to make the switch as easy as possible.

[-] Salvo@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago

The only thing complicated about signing up for Mastodon (and Lemmy) is choice of instance.

Some people need that choice made for them, even though it does not practically matter. Most instances federate with content on other instances and it is possible to migrate your content to an new instance if you change your mind in the future.

Fortunately there are regional instances for both for me so it was pretty much a no-brainer for me to use aus.social and aussie.zone

[-] justhach@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I really dont get this "Lemmy/Mastodon is sooooo haaaaard to sign up for". I'm a barely technoliterate 30 something who's closest thing to coding knowledge is the Missingno cheat in Pokemon Blue, and I figured it out. Its not that hard.

Like, the instances/server thing is the only real extra step you have in signing up, but besides that, its like signing up for any other website.

[-] zeggs@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

not that hard, yes

but not simple enough to sign up without using your brain cells.

[-] thehatfox@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

The focus on chronological feeds is what I like about Mastodon, and Fediverse platforms in general. I don’t want to be slapped in the face with what some algorithm with ulterior motives has decided I should see - I want to see the things I follow in the order they were posted.

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net -1 points 1 year ago

I think that's why the threadiverse clicks for me. Its sorted by zeitgeist. Not influence by halo users, just, "here's some stuff the community was into recently"

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Did you mistake threads for mastodon?

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 year ago

What are you talking about? I didn't say anything about Threads or Mastodon. I'm talking about Kbin and Lemmy

[-] mochi@lemdit.com 2 points 1 year ago

You can’t just make up your own lingo and expect everyone else to know what you’re talking about.

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago
[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Idk. The earliest I can find threadiverse mentioned is just last month. Threads started development in January, and is actually called Threads.

It's an unfortunate term to coin and isn't appearnt as to what it's referring to.

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Until last week, we all knew the product now called "Threads" as "Project 92" or "Project 93." People started calling the threaded part of the Fediverse the "threadiverse" before anyone knew anything about what Meta's activity pub enabled project was. I've been talking about the "threadiverse" as kbin and lemmy for a while, and will likely continue to do so until this becomes a consistent confusion with people because this is the first time I've run into this particular confusion

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

My mistake. I should have known when you said threadiverse you weren't talking about threads. How silly of me.

Now excuse me while get a glass of Pepsi. (I'm obviously talking about getting a plate of olives)

[-] keenworld@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, most people aren't on social media to see "what their friends are up to," they're there for the memes, the culture, the brands (including pop artists), whatever the latest "thing" is. Mastodon doesn't have any of that, or at least it's very hard to find.

[-] Shaggy@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

It also doesn't really show a like count which I kinda get but it's really annoying

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Mastodon’s own app is kind of trash. Mastodon confused the shit out of me until I tried Ivory.

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