Try to Create a Functional Social Media App in 2023 Challenge (Impossible)

  • Alethe Crow
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    232 years ago

    I’m kinda at a loss for words.

    This isn’t even trying to be different from Twitter from what I see here.

    • @[email protected]
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      52 years ago

      A thread was embedded in a news article earlier and I didn’t even know it was threads. Had the blue tick and all.

    • @[email protected]
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      292 years ago

      It is different, it only has the algorithmic feed instead of the optional “only people you follow in algorithmic order” from Twitter. (And RIP the old no algorithm, only chronological order from tweetdeck in 30 days)

      They’re both trash, I hate algorithmic feeds

    • @[email protected]
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      32 years ago

      Mastodon has been a better alternative to reddit for me than Lemmy has so far tbh, except it’s not as interactive with other people I less you chase followers. But the niche communities have more activity over there than here so far.

    • @[email protected]
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      12 years ago

      Don’t get me started on just how much of a clone Mastodon is, it’s like they really wanted to be behind on features. Meanwhile there’s other worthy platforms like Akkoma and Misskey that add some really nice features.

      • KSP Atlas
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        22 years ago

        Pleroma has basically no disadvantages except the dev not exactly being the best person (but are the Lemmy devs?)

    • @[email protected]OP
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      32 years ago

      Well since I don’t want to delete my Instagram account and apparently I can’t only delete Threads, my new account will just stay there forever

      • @[email protected]
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        22 years ago

        I have Instagram but haven’t downloaded or activated threads. Can’t you just uninstall?

        • @[email protected]
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          42 years ago

          You can’t delete a thread account that is created without also deleting Instagram account. Someone reported seeing that they were following people that didn’t have threads accounts yet so Meta might be creating shadow accounts for Instagram accounts that haven’t taken the plunge yet.

        • GatoB
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          92 years ago

          Problem there is that you need to move many people at the same time to work (extremely hard) so your friend would be there while in Lemmy you dont need friends just content

          • @[email protected]
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            32 years ago

            Nope!

            Unless, of course, Meta is lying. Threads will be federated and Instagram will likely follow, meaning any instance dumb enough to not defederate them will be able to interact and follow users without an Instagram account.

  • @[email protected]
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    82 years ago

    I’ll never understand this style of social media. Facebook I hate, but kind of get, hearing from people you know. Reddit, was just a big message board. But twitter and its copy cats have zero appeal to me. Following people is just a creepy concept for me.

    • @[email protected]
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      42 years ago

      It used to be really useful for following news and companies. I work in DevOps, and I used to follow AWS, Microsoft, Google, Cloudflare, etc. then I added some Sony/Playstation follows for games and such and it was super handy to see product announcements, downtime status updates for cloud computing platforms, etc.

      Then my feed got filled with “you might like” instead of what I was trying to follow, so I switched to a command line “only pull my follows” script and now with the API stuff that’s just useless so I gave up.

      Following random celebs and people you don’t know, on the other hand), always seemed creepy.

      • @[email protected]
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        22 years ago

        Even that I’d rather sub to a subreddit or something. And the comments below a post are so terrible, since they are algorithm driven instead of votes.

    • Ragnell
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      22 years ago

      Twitter started out just following people you know, then famous people got into the mix, then you got to cuss out the POTUS, then Elon bought it and it tanked.

      Zuck seems to think that Twitter is just a Facebook feed of famous people when no, your friends were there too.

    • magic_lobster_party
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      32 years ago

      Facebook is not even that anymore. It’s just a stream of algorithmically suggested posts right now.

  • Steve Anonymous
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    42 years ago

    I know two of them

    The saying used to be Facebook is full of friends who should be strangers and twitter is full of strangers that should be friends but they not fucking suck now

  • @[email protected]
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    22 years ago

    That’s how Twitter was and is today too. It’s not supposed to only be people you follow.

  • @[email protected]
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    62 years ago

    It’s so bad over there. Might be the worst case of quantity over quality. It’s just stuffed full of brands trying to make themselves relevant and influencers posting engagement bait. I’m not even exaggerating, 100% of my feed is that.

    There’s nothing of worth there other than sheer volume.

    • Takatakatakatakatak
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      12 years ago

      And why would anyone be the least bit surprised? Copy paste facebook and all of its very genuine issues. It’s not a social platform, it’s an advertising platform.

      • @[email protected]
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        12 years ago

        I’m not surprised in the slightest, but I’ve seen lots of posts saying how diverse it is over there, and how vibrant, and that it’s more like old Twitter.

        And yeah, it’s brands posting stale memes and old Twitter personalities fighting for their lives, so I guess it is like old Twitter.

    • 50gp
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      2 years ago

      this kind of platform is only useful for following people/sportsteams/gov organizations/etc for updates or news

      no idea why anyone would bother using it as a discussion platform, its fuckin garbage at that

  • @[email protected]
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    22 years ago

    By design 🤗 it probably results in more of your attention being wasted or they wouldn’t have made it like that

  • @[email protected]
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    42 years ago

    I feel like that’s how Twitter is, at least that’s what I remember from years ago when I tried it, didn’t recognize anyone there and just walked away. I don’t mind seeing strangers sometimes when I’m bored with my normal feed and want to see something new, but it seemed to be the default behavior for me and I didn’t care to learn how to fix it.