• @[email protected]
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    014 days ago

    if they did that on Fedi, they’d get the exact same treatment, and in addition to that people would call for defederating the instance they’d signed up on.

      • Match!!
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        013 days ago

        meanwhile i look at Lemmy/Fediverse the same way e621 looks at the place where the hyenas lived

      • @[email protected]
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        014 days ago

        I mean, good? I guess they’d bring some user growth, but they’d just post their brand stuff that I don’t imagine most people really want in their feeds, and there’s the risk that they end up getting favored treatment on larger instances by donating more than a typical user can or paying the moderators there.

        • @[email protected]
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          014 days ago

          Yes, we want to build a social network free of the corporate hold so we shouldn’t be eager to welcome corporation.

        • @[email protected]
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          013 days ago

          My thoughts exactly.

          There are vanishingly few places on the Internet that are not inundated with constant ads, promotions, astroturfing, and commercials.

          It’s why I like it here.

          • Alex
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            013 days ago

            Sure I don’t want ads pumped into my feed but some corporations can do social media well. I used to follow Yorkshire Tea on twitter who were generally pretty funny, I don’t drink even drink their teas.

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              013 days ago

              Also way too many corps don’t have up to date information on their website and their twitter profile has more recent info. The lack of that on any FOSS/decentralized social media means that some people just have to keep a centralized account open.

              • julianOP
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                013 days ago

                @[email protected] that’s the main thing for me too. That news orgs, political agencies, and corporations use Xitter to communicate is the real travesty.