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@oracle@phantomthieves.net It basically boils down to "I want an algorithm to promote and find friends for me. In a centralized place." Which is fine. But most ppl on fedi don't want that.

They don't want an algorithm that ppl can manipulate for attention. They don't want to look at a post and see OP shilling their account, onlyfans, or charity in the replies. They don't want to get shadowbanned or outright banned for saying something bad. They don't want to have discussions limited to 250 characters. They don't want a big corp having access to their data.

When ppl on fedi say Twitter sucks it's because they genuinely don't like it.

As for communities, I personally find microblogging as a whole counterproductive to growing a true community. Twitter makes it to easy to ride trends for clout and make silly memes which is fine, but if I was a vocaloid fan I'd appreciate a space to talk about my fave songs, learn how to make songs, and write fics than a place where Miku trends every month cuz they drew her as a goth girl or Garfield.

Also forums and other sites are much better for posting media than Twitter is. Twitter compresses your shit, had harsher upload limits and won't even let you download videos or gifs.

The only reason an artist should use Twitter over pixiv/DeviantArt is reach, but is worse in almost evry regard.