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It's not just you — no one is posting on social media anymore (www.businessinsider.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Social media is on the decline. Instagram is all ads. No one's posting on BeReal. TikTok is for influencers. The new place for sharing: group chats.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know this conversation is had nearly daily here, but by fuck am I glad that the fediverse is so much less astroturfed than every other social media site.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

we need to work on keeping it that way. we have the advantage with no corporations to silently manipulate us and we own the infrastructure, but we still gotta root out bot accounts and malicious instances

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

no corporations to silently manipulate us

…yet!

They are relentless! They will get here when it becomes meaningful enough. So yes I echo your sentiments that we need to do all we can to prepare for that day to defend this space.