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What made everyone move to Bluesky or Threads instead of Mastodon? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 weeks ago by dch82@lemmy.zip to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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What made everybody move from a corporate social media platform to another corporate social media platform instead of the fediverse?

After all, the Fediverse and Activitypub is much more mature than Bluesky and the copycat AT protocol or Threads and ... whatever they use.

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[-] weker01@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 week ago

I needed to scroll way too much to see people mention marketing and advertising. It's a huge deal.

The power of good advertising is not to be underestimated. There is a good statistically proven reason why so much money flows into it. And it's not only traditional advertising but viral and "astroturfed" advertising.

[-] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 week ago

There is a good statistically proven reason why so much money flows into it.

Too many smug people think, "advertising doesnt work on me! Hah! Only weak minded normies fall for it..."

Wrong.... Advertising works. And that's the reason a shit ton of money that goes into it.

You want to know the reason why i run adblockers in my browser AND DNS levels? Because i KNOW advertising works on me.... i KNOW i'm not smart enough to outsmart the army of engineers, and copywriters generating this stuff.

Source: i work in advertising lol