I’ve never been on twitter, but I’m not that surprised so many of us here were driving engagement.

  • davehtaylor@beehaw.org
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    8 days ago

    Its the absolute lack of algorithm

    “It’s the absolute lack of a way to game the system with engagement bait and reward rage-posting”

    Fixed that for you.

    It’s not a matter for average users, it’s a matter for the people who farm engagement and post 300 times per day. Having a space that isn’t dominated by accounts like that is a good thing. It’s why Threads is such a miserable place. The algo there is aggressive and heavily rewards this kind of shit. Accounts like that provide no value and create toxic spaces full of rage and misinformation just to keep the waters churning and keep a constant flow of vapid “content”. It’s gross, and we are so much the better if we lose a ton of them.