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I wish more would appreciate Mastodon (lemmy.ca)
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[โ€“] pinkfluffywolfie@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I closed my account soon after I made one, for parallel reasons that you described here. I liked it for a short while because I am apart of the internet art community but it became an echo chamber too quickly. Lot's of AI dumping and and memification, cringey "We are warriors/witches they couldn't burn/etc", no fruitful discussion or organizing for the US peeps, shaming those who aren't doing exactly what someone else is doing, inner fighting, you name it. I think I just got on the wrong feed but it was pretty miserable and I ended up going back to forums for niche topics and then use lemmy and mastodon for general stuff. I'm waiting for the bubble to burst at some point.

[โ€“] Vimana@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I kept on breaking it too because of the limited number of good accounts to follow. I suppose that was my method- Not following larger accounts because of ppl reposting their stuff all the time so there's really no need. No place for the interesting smaller accounts tbh. Probably something something algorithm. I did like Mastodon much more than Bluesky in terms of content and variety. US still doesn't get there's a whole world out there. Thanks for replying :)

[โ€“] pinkfluffywolfie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Its unfortunate; I speak as a US-ian and the way we make echo chambers rather quickly is not only surprising but annoying. Like I have to make a solid effort to go beyond my enclosure and find more global media and people from all over, because if I'm not careful I'll accidentally end up in one of the US bubbles and practically have start over to refresh it. One of the best parts of some of the communities I'm in is that they tend to be global, so I at least have that edge but I know for some it can be difficult for users to reach beyond what they know. They just tend to assume everyone they talk to is american.

[โ€“] Vimana@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago

Well put and I'm sure you directly benefit from your effort. Its not always easy in terms of peer groups is it? Ironically I went to try and follow you before realising thats not possible here- Right there is a real difference between here and mastodon et al... So its about "topic" rather than ppl- Interesting... So now I need to reactivate Mastodon to stay connected with you. I was using openvibe but there's only options for BS, Mast & Nostre- was disappointed i couldn't include Lemmie. There's potential in this and seems a better fit to include Mastodon with Lemmie rather than Bluesky but thats probably my bias at work??? ;)

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