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We Aren’t Posting on Social Media as Much Anymore. Will We Ever? (www.msn.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We Aren’t Posting on Social Media as Much Anymore. Will We Ever?::Users say excessive ads, bots and misinformation have sucked the fun out of sharing publicly.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

If you take the time to make / share something good, it usually gets little traction compared to bots, misinformation, astroturfed bullshit, etc. Your stuff gets lost in a sea of nonsense.

I used to make good posts on a favourite subreddit of mine. But because of poor moderation, the sub basically got drowned with low-effort stuff from drive-by posters who weren’t regulars. Mods refused to ban those posts, even though users really wanted them to.

The end result? I no longer post good content there. Why bother when it gets drowned out?

The other end of the spectrum is that some platforms are too heavy handed with moderation, taking any sort of flavour out of it. You need a bit of spice to make a platform enjoyable. Sadly, that’s also what’s been happening over at Reddit in general: discourage content that doesn’t fit the desired advertiser / IPO profile. Which again drives people away from posting things.