It became the only reliable source of information I had. People posted links with a minimal amount of commentary, picking and choosing the best content from other social media networks. They’re not doing it to “build a brand” because that’s not a thing in the Fediverse. It’s too disjointed to be a place to build a newsletter subscription base.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 51 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Even better.

Most instances have human moderation, gating for bots, and yes, and you actually have to take 5-10 minutes to figure out how it all works, so the stupid people are automatically excluded by sheer complexity.

I fucking love Mastodon.

[–] belunos@lemmus.org 5 points 12 hours ago

That's not the problem. The problem is how fucking slow it is. It has such few users, I see the same post in the early am as the late pm. IRL I'm an introvert, but online I'm a social fucking butterfly, and I need to give and receive attention. Also, you are highly overestimating yourself if you think dumb people can figure this out, because I'm dumb af

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 12 points 20 hours ago

Plenty of stupid people in the fediverse so I dont think we will win any prices for that, guys. And plenty of people who think they are smarter than average, and zero people who think they are dumber than average. The usual stuff.

[–] cookiecoookie@lemmy.world 0 points 15 hours ago

Stupid people can just use AI, so nothing is truly barred, not like it requires more than a 3rd grade reading level either. Your post being upvoted this much shows how easy it is for the average NPC to make an account.