You have to pay him so that you can do the work of creating content for his platform? No thanks
this post was submitted on 17 Apr 2024
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I hate that twitter has the seo that it does. I always accidentally click on a link to see the "log in or get fucked" screen.
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This is not going to stop bots.
Isn't that the started intent? Like adding a small roadblock or captcha.
I'm not saying I agree but the simple logic should work. It'll likely reduce the user base and still let bits in with cash to burn.
This is what Craigslist did and now nobody uses it and we're forced to use the garbage platform that is Facebook Marketplace.
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here's hoping it stops site growth
Most people don't get out of bed for a dollar so no, it won't outside the usual 10-30% pareto ratio, which is probably already getting impacted by Xitter being run into the ground.
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Who would have thought that Twitter would become the new Somethingawful forums, and that Musk would take the role of Lowtax.
aoh man. So apt and too soon.
Is SA still around?
Yes, and it still kicks ass. Come home, goon.
If you do your browsing on mobile, check out the Awful app.
Ngl I'm cautious about even looking. Has it devolved into a rw shithole or is it still funny?
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We need a new paradigm for social media. And no, I'm not satisfied with Lemmy either (privacy issues).
Yup. I'm working on something, but it also has some privacy issues as well.
The problem is that the more privacy you have, the more people will post illegal and spammy stuff and the less monetizable the platform is. The more free speech you have, the more moderation costs. So social media companies will generally lean toward less privacy (so more ad revenue) and less free speech.
My focus is on p2p and user-generated moderation, which tries to solve two problems:
- instance hosting costs - near zero since data is stored on user devices; you can host a mirror to help
- bad mods - automatic moderation - if user A mods like user B, user A will trust user B more and posts they filter will filter for A
But the automatic moderation thing requires public information, like mod reports, categorization, and votes, so it's not going to improve on lemmy in privacy. Anything privacy-respecting would require too much work from users (they'll need to both consent to trust each other). Maybe I'll be able to add it as an option.
But even if my system is perfect (it won't be), it's unlikely to beat something like Twitter or Facebook due to the network effect and sheer amount of engineering and marketing resources available.
Imo, lemmy is good enough for now. People like me will be working on stuff behind the scenes, so if lemmy falls over, hopefully we'll have a ready replacement.
No, stop, please, don't kill your platform, no, stop. Eh, nevermind.
This is still my opinion. I hated shitter before boy wonder musk took over. It sucked before and it sucks worse now. Just kill it.
Part of me really buys into the idea that Musk is pulling an evil mastermind move with his other billionaire pals, destroying one of the biggest social media sites to keep users fractured. End goal keeping any community small and unable to organize at scale. Then the voice of reason tells me this just another egotistical nepo baby trying to staunch the hemorrhaging of money from his last bad investment.
Stock was at 420 and that was all that matters
It's completely absurd that he's saying this as an anti-bot measure. The bots exist because they generate revenue for the scumbags behind them, a small fee is just going to be part of doing business for them. He's not trying to stop bots, he's trying to monetize them and use them as an excuse to charge everyone. "The bot problem" will never be fixed and will be used as an excuse for every anti-user measure they put forward.
Anti-user measures on a social media platform
