The Spectre@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 17 hours agoWhy do most people stay in centralized social media platforms when the Fediverse exists?message-square43fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down13
arrow-up159arrow-down1message-squareWhy do most people stay in centralized social media platforms when the Fediverse exists?The Spectre@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 17 hours agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareeldavi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·17 hours agoPeople follow the crowd and centralized media had considerably bigger crowds
minus-squareTimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·14 hours agoSeveral of these platforms used bots and/or multiple staff accounts to inflate user count/engagement to draw more people in and trigger the network effect.
People follow the crowd and centralized media had considerably bigger crowds
Several of these platforms used bots and/or multiple staff accounts to inflate user count/engagement to draw more people in and trigger the network effect.