That’s easy. It’s more dull here, and there’s less lock-in.
No, really. Social media without the dopamine-pump-style algorithm behind it is far less stimulating. Meanwhile, the Federation model itself allows us to abandon nodes that are co-opted by bad actors. So there’s always somewhere else to go with all your favorite stuff when things go sour.
It CAN be time based, but there’s also a “hot” and an “active” sorting. Both of which are “algorithms”.
It’s a lot more simple of an algorithm, and doesn’t intentionally push specific topics, but if you open https://lemmy.world/ anonymously, you’ll see a default “All/Active” feed which is sorted by engagement.
It does not restrict them per se, it’s just that the mechanics of what to show you are either simply based on posting time, or amount of “interactions” or “interactions/time” or similar simple algorithms. It would be possible to analyze posts for specific content and show you for example ragebait only, but i doubt that pull request would be accepted - you would probably have to make a fork of your fediverse platform and implement it there.
Non-fediverse social media is designed to be addictive because that’s how the people running it make money.
What do you mean non-fediverse? How does Federation affect addictiveness?
That’s easy. It’s more dull here, and there’s less lock-in.
No, really. Social media without the dopamine-pump-style algorithm behind it is far less stimulating. Meanwhile, the Federation model itself allows us to abandon nodes that are co-opted by bad actors. So there’s always somewhere else to go with all your favorite stuff when things go sour.
I am also addicted to the fediverse.
Freebasing that fedi
Algorithmically curated timelines are designed to be addictive. Fediverse doesn’t have that, it’s time based, like it used to be before.
It CAN be time based, but there’s also a “hot” and an “active” sorting. Both of which are “algorithms”.
It’s a lot more simple of an algorithm, and doesn’t intentionally push specific topics, but if you open https://lemmy.world/ anonymously, you’ll see a default “All/Active” feed which is sorted by engagement.
Oh ok, sorry. I wasn’t aware that the fediverse restricted algorithms
It does not restrict them per se, it’s just that the mechanics of what to show you are either simply based on posting time, or amount of “interactions” or “interactions/time” or similar simple algorithms. It would be possible to analyze posts for specific content and show you for example ragebait only, but i doubt that pull request would be accepted - you would probably have to make a fork of your fediverse platform and implement it there.