Let's get it to 85%
this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2026
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The really shitty part is that I used to post my art on Instagram app the time and started to get a lot of followers, then they changed their system. Now I didn't get hardly any views.
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The only people I see posting are older people who have 0 idea how this shit works and too innocent (or dumb) to believe anything they see on the internet.
Most of my microblogging stuff has been just shouting in the void about stuff I've been doing. And random brainfarts. I follow cool people on social media so I can see them shout in the void about what they're doing. And their random brainfarts.
I'm happy Mastodon still lets me do just that. Perfect platform for that sort of stuff.
The Algo Lords decided people don't actually want to see that, they want "popular" things and engagement bait. Yeah no, not what I want.
To be fair, engagement bait works.
Look how much Twitter ragebait gets upvoted here on Lemmy.
Whenever I go to check the source for the posts, they aren't even real; it's a bot account posting 24/7, or at the very least a dedicated engagement farmer. But people don't care, they just want that feeling.
The algorithm ruined it for me. Insta was once so great to keep up and share updates with friends; I've no interest in interacting with strangers shoved down my throat unprompted.
I'm not.an American, but I'm sure the sentiment is universal!
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By design. Can't have the people talking too much, or they'll get ideas about worker's unions.
So maintaining social media is like doing dailys in a bad mmo.
I’ve now realizing that these Tech giants have poisoned their entire well:
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Want to make AR glasses? Cool! Oh… Uh, I guess we run a platform that handsomely pays pervs for engagement, so that’s not going to work.
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Let’s start gaming services. Oh… why does no one want to make an account with us, or trust we will keep it running?
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Generative models for creative media. Oh, uh… back to the AR glasses issue. And some others.
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Ah, so our LLMs need to reference the web to be at their best which…. We… Kind of killed for a quick buck? Oops.
There are hundreds of examples of this.
And now? The whole reason people use these platforms is being consumed by cancer. Rapidly, from the feel of things.
I’m a cynic. I believe companies like Meta can carry on destroying people and getting away with it, no matter what, and users will be indifferent.
But now I’m starting to suspect they they have nowhere to pivot to, because they’ve burned the forest down.
People post on social media to seek social acceptance. Even here and this very comment serves this purpose. But seeking this, is pointless.
I don't think there is any use in reducing all internet conversations to just seeking social acceptance. you could just apply that to all conversations whatsoever. then why speak with others, and why go out of the house, it's all just seeking fame or whatever right?
I don't think it works that way.
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Only 45% more to go. We can do this guys!
It died when it went beyond dial up and ASCII. The vibe of BBS culture in the 1980s and early '90s was so much more social than the dogshit people do now.