Twitter shit be like:
"I can't follow your account because it flags my own account in the algorithm to do worse"
"Can't have negative follows to follower ratio, it flags my account"
"I can't repost your stuff because it negatively impacts my account in the algorithm"
"Need to pay to boost account" [gets shadowbanned anyway and nobody sees their shit]
The whole site is just people avoiding each other to appease an algorithm. lmao Why is it even called "social" media anymore?
Mainly gaming/nerd instance for people who value free speech. Everyone is welcome.
@beardalaxy@gameliberty.club It's always sad when I see a post from someone with legitimate skill and talent, making something totally new, but then they say they will stop posting because they don't get engagement and it makes it seem nobody likes the stuff they're making. It's a tale as old as time. Social media is where creativity goes to die.
And hell, I can't say that I haven't been affected by such feelings myself either but I try to dispel it as much as possible because that's the ultimate goal of those platforms: get everyone hypnotized and thinking the same way, push out everything that might get the cogwheels turning inside the head, and gain control over them.