Elon Musk takes hit as Europeans ditch X in droves
www.politico.eu
The right-wing billionaire’s platform has recently lost about 10 percent of its European user base.
  • froufox@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    221·
    1 day ago

    Small chances for now, but let’s keep growing small communities here. People need to get tired of Instagram and centralized algorithms to switch to fediverse

    • foliekatt@feddit.nuEnglish
      3·
      16 hours ago

      I try to convince people to do “+1”. Like, keep X/insta/reddit or whatever, but every time you feel you have something to post, do the same at mastodon/pixelfed/lemmy. Those platforms are nothing without the network effects, and the network effects will diminish the more people do this.

    • untakenusername@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      17 hours ago

      I’d love it if the fediverse could have its own algoithms as long as theyre open sourced and made ethically, like they shouldn’t mess with peoples mental health or cause social media addictions

      • Muyal_Hix@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        16 hours ago

        Yes. People don’t realize algorithms are one of the main reasons decentralized sited haven’t taken off. Most people don’t want to spend time looking for their content, they just want to log in, laugh at funny memes and look at pretty art