• Margot Robbie
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      32 years ago

      They are different platforms with different techs in both frontend and backend, but they can still talk to each other. Neat, right?

  • Bonzo
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    12 years ago

    My biggest fear is always bots and astroturfing. We need some tools or methods that will reliably stop this. And we need it to be implemented ASAP. I honestly wouldn’t mind paying $1 a month for this, or some kind of rolling human tests to continue posting and commenting. PLEASE

    • @pnpbios@lemmy.world
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      02 years ago

      I think there should be a middleware layer for posts and comments, where you can write a number of custom routines.

      func onNewPost( (user, post, commitFn, rejectFn) => {
         if( user.karma < 100) {rejectFn("Not enough karma to post here.")}
         if( post.length < 100) {rejectFn("Post is too short.")}
         commitFn(user, post);
      });
    • @Geek_King@lemmy.world
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      22 years ago

      100% this, bots and astroturfing was the reason I stayed off of Reddit after the blackout. I love how Lemmy feels, populated with real people, who reply thoughtfully. I very much hope some kind of anti-bot measures can be taken to help keep it this way.

    • PopcornChickn
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      42 years ago

      I got rid of Twitter back in November when shtf a bit. I have had some fantastic conversations on Mastodon, and I expect to have some fantastic conversations here, as well!

      • @Boiglenoight@lemmy.world
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        12 years ago

        Right? I can post something on Mastodon and get real people responding on the regular. Never had that on Twitter. It’s like posting to ChatGPT, but responses are slower and by actual people.

        • PopcornChickn
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          22 years ago

          The regular responses from real people! I love it. I’ve made some extensive-ish posts over there and have had people actually ask me questions and we’ve had some good back and forth.

  • rigatti
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    -42 years ago

    So… one person migrated to Mastodon, therefore not a failure?

    • @Confuzzeled@lemmy.world
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      32 years ago

      The fact that we’re here means it’s not a failure. Have you seen the stats on fediverse growth over the past few weeks?

      The total apathy and pessimism I see on reddit is crazy, let’s keep it over there.

      • Leclipse
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        12 years ago

        It’s not a failure. People who use it see the value in fediverse. But it will not overtake centralised social networking anytime soon.

    • @JerkyIsSuperior@lemmy.world
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      On what metric did Mastodon fail? It has a vibrant community and lively conversations. I have seen what counts as “succsses” by corporate standards - a site that is ad infested to the point of unusability, and where users are kept in a state od agitation by the algorhythm for maximum retention and exploitation. I hope that Mastodon, and Kbin/Lemmy never become a “succsses” by corpo silo standards.

  • mesa
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    32 years ago

    It doesn’t need to provide value to everyone. That would be nice, but I don’t mind it just being a smaller amount of enthusiasts. I’ve been having some really good discussions here lately. That’s the value I see at least.