We're RIGHT HERE

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You can't put videos on pixelfed, right? That unfortunately means it's not a competitive platform. Video is what people seem to want.

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This is ridiculous gatekeeping.

The point of the fediverse is to get decentralized platforms not in the hands of corporate or government interests.

If you want a cliquey, niche space, then stay on an instance focused for that.

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Haha, you started to cry.

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Some people's aversion of algorithms on the fediverse kind of reminds me of people's aversion of GMO food. Genetically modifying rice to contain more vitamin D is probably good; genetically modifying vegetables to contain more cyanide would probably be bad. Algorithms don't have to be built to maximize "engagement;" they can be designed to maximize other metrics, or balance multiple metrics, or be user-customizable.

IMO, Mastadon is much worse off for their refusal to implement any kind of algorithm outside their "explore" feed. When I tried using Mastodon, search was unhelpfully in chronological order, and my home feed just got overtaken by the people that post the most. In contrast, Lemmy's handling of algorithms is pretty good, imo.

As bad as search engines are now, they'd be even worse if they just gave you results in chronological order.

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I feel like I already answered that in the last paragraph.

It's litterally anything that whitewashes anything the CCP does. Maybe it's justification for island building in the South China Sea, framing international right of way passages through the same body of water as border incursions, trying to reduce support for weapon sales to Taiwain, or trying to reduce allied responses to an invasion of Taiwan. It could also just be spreading general unrest.

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concept of an algorithm knowing and learning what you like and selecting for you itself isn’t unethical.

Unless you host it yourself, you have practically given away your soul to an instance operator

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I'm sorry, say that again?

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Literally never seen any of that on TikTok. Just Americans doing their thing. In fact, you can actually look up content on TikTok that shows, describes and condemns the atrocities at tiananmen square, and their awful behavior towards Taiwan. And any number of things that shows the chinese government as a bad player. If they were in control, you'd think that sort of thing wouldn't even be available.

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You can. Your instance just needs to up the max size or turn it on.

Example from someone who only has one video as the sample content.
https://pixelfed.social/p/Sarahschannel/785335877987047968

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The fediverse allows us to do both. Some instances will go one way, others will go the other. Each can have what they want. And both can communicate if they do wish.

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Besides the fact that it’s quite difficult to do this non-invasively, giving anyone access an infinite amount of exactly what they want most is dangerous

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Its not even the algorithm I dont like, I'm sure I could manipulate it to how I want if I put the effort in, its the bite sized videos and even shorter comments, often single words or phrases. I can't move on from thing to thing that quickly. The fediverse suits the pace at which I like to consume information and allows me time to think on it, and more importantly, interact with opposing views in meaningful ways.

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I never said they shouldnt come here, I said I dont understand people here wanting them to come. Most of us left those spaces for multiple reasons, one of them being the userbase.

I want those who like what we have here to want to come here, I dont want a bunch of pissed off tiktok refugees who will come in and demand we cater to their increasingly fleeting whims, slowly turning this platform into tiktok or facebook or whatever.

Its okay for communities to not fit every single demographic, and like another person stated, there are many lemmy instances all with their own appeal.

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There was a time when the US was as colonialist as China, but in the 20th century it let the Philippines go, and passed on turning Germany and Japan into colonies, and let the Panama Canal go back to Panama. There's an analogy to Hong Kong in there somewhere, or with North Korea which remains a totalitarian puppet of China to this day.

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It's fascinating how Lemmy users view internet consumption habits as a reflection of personal ethics.
You can't always hold other people to the standards you've achieved.
Using and navigating Lemmy takes effort insight that the majority just don't have.
Being alive also takes effort and can be very painful. Sometimes people just need to be able to turn off and zone out. Try not to place value judgements on the ways that other people do that.

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I think you're hung up on how Big Tech has designed feeds with the express purpose of keeping you there for as long as possible, or even more perversely, as enraged as possible.

But algorithms can be made to serve other purposes, and I think the fediverse could do with a curation algorithm. Or even better, multiple choices for algorithms to suit your preferences and needs. From what I've heard, Bluesky offers something along those lines, which has contributed to its adoption rates.

I think if Lemmy devs wanted, they could probably come up with some great starter options. Heck, maybe they make it easier for everyone to customize their own algorithms. Not sure how far you get without knowing how to code that sort of thing directly, but even a little would go a long way, I bet.

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...even if you consider Hong Kong, Tibet, and Taipei colonies instead of autonomous religions analogous to states, the US has literally more than a dozen territories. The US is the master of colonialism, to this day it still holds the most extra territorial colonies.

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yes, we've all seen this tired meme

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cool

tiktok

pick one

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What should we expect from people who voted in a rich, old, white guy as their savior.