The #fediverse seems a great opportunity for Europeans to finally have a non-american social media platform. There's one thing though:
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The #fediverse seems a great opportunity for Europeans to finally have a non-american social media platform. There's one thing though:
The explore tab.
Every Mastodon instance shares the same news, posts and followers. And they are 90% corporate american.
Invented by a German, and having 28 countries with nearly half a billion people, you'd expect EUROPEAN stuff.
Nope.
This shifts Fediverse towards the platforms we're trying to get away from.
FB, Insta, Google, YT, Twitter, Snapchat etc.
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BeAware :fediverse:replied to Lokjo - EU's Gmaps replacement last edited by
@Lokjo I think it could be a cultural thing?
I feel like us 'Mericans are more "loud and obnoxious" than most of the rest of the world and that translates surprisingly well to social media, causing others to get drowned out.
Our emotions are usually bigger, causing us to be "flamboyant"(for lack of a better term) with our word usage and naturally get more attention because of it.
For example, I am very passionate about Fediverse. Its the thing I speak about the most here and sometimes when discussing things that impact Fediverse greatly, I try not to "sugar coat" things. But that might just be me.
Just my thoughts that may or may not be true for everyone everywhere. Though I feel Europeans tone down more, if you get my drift.
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Lokjo - EU's Gmaps replacementreplied to BeAware :fediverse: last edited by
Thanks for the explanation Yes I think there's a big part of that playing, the exitement most of you have combined with sharing more makes the post more boosted up.
Of course language could be a player too, english is the main language between 28 countries, but that auto-includes american posts.
There's verious reasons, but in the end it looks like they purpously select all US posts for european timelines, while instead it should fairly select european posts.
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BeAware :fediverse:replied to Lokjo - EU's Gmaps replacement last edited by
@Lokjo it doesn't select them like other platforms.
It's completely based on the amount of favorites and boosts within a certain time period that originated from your instance.
Maybe if you find a better "European" instance, you'd get the experience you seek? Though I can't be sure since I've been on my own instance from the beginning. However, knowing how it works might help you get this experience yourself with some experimenting.️