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   BeAware (beaware@social.beaware.live)'s status on Monday, 15-Apr-2024 08:26:17 JST BeAware

   I said it elsewhere, but I say it here too, I HATE how corporate social media sites have taken SOCIAL out of social media.

   Thankfully the Fediverse is mostly taking that back. But if we don't expand to get those that are still on corporate social media to move here, then we'll just become the echo chambers we hate. That's why the Threads integration is a good thing. We need to expand.

   #Fediverse #Fedi #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Threads #Meta #Pleroma #Akkoma #Sharkey #Misskey #IceShrimp #FireFish #Lemmy #Kbin

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     BeAware (beaware@social.beaware.live)'s status on Monday, 15-Apr-2024 08:44:51 JST BeAware

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     • Tim Chambers
     • Michael Fisher

     @mjf_pro @tchambers right. My point is basically that we shouldn't be scared of growth because it's what others do. That's not what makes those sites a bad place.

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     Michael Fisher (mjf_pro@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 15-Apr-2024 08:44:52 JST Michael Fisher

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     • Tim Chambers

     @BeAware @tchambers We can’t control what others do, but we can (and I think are) providing a decent alternative to corporate social media that has easily reached critical mass. Our task is to continue being better — and if “product” and “quality” and “experience” are the driving forces rather than “engagement” and “addiction” and “profit”, then were doing something right.

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     Michael Fisher (mjf_pro@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 15-Apr-2024 10:35:31 JST Michael Fisher

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     • Tim Chambers

     @BeAware @tchambers My thinking is similar in part and different in part. The growth in the other sites is driven by addicting others to engagement, for profit. It’s built into their business model. Thus: There is indeed no need to fear growth here, *because* people who are addicted to and/or profit from clicks and likes, won’t find too many like-minded targets here. (1/2)