We're RIGHT HERE

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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

mesamune

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.

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Sounds like they're actually rolling out a for you feed in the near future

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I dunno about iPhone but for Android the loops app isn't on the app store yet because the whole thing is still in dev. Once you get your invite email there's a link on the site to download the APK for the app.

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I don't want TikTokers on the Fediverse, thankyouverymuch.

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A site goes to shit when everyone and their grandma hops on it. At the risk of sounding elitist, I would prefer to a part of the userbase that hasn't been Eternal Septembered into the lowest common denominator.

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Fediverse and decentralism confused me initially but then I learned I can just sign up at lemmy.world and use it normally without having to know the backend.

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We've been here the whole time

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Lemmy website is decent for me on mobile and PC alike, what are your complaints?

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I do! Their opinions affect us; the fediverse reduces a social problem.