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X's idiocy is doing wonders for Bluesky. (htxt.co.za)

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[–] ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world 10 points 8 hours ago (4 children)

I'm still on the fence about that...I think it'd make more sense for many to drop social media and opt for their own site with RSS feeds. A lot of social media for some is little more than a noisier RSS reader. Sometimes even literally with those with auto-playing videos. 😬

[–] ryder9@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Y'all are delulu/out of touch with normal people if you think they're gonna set up an RSS feed

[–] ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Nah, I get that normal people wouldn't, but I can dream. It's so much better than making Yet Another Account. Plus I know in set up we're talkin' people pulling the feed into a reader, but also for content creators making sites, loads of sitebuilding software already has RSS baked in, so it's not even that big an ask from them.

If there's another more convenient no-sign-up method of keeping up with sites and stuff online, I'd love to know, 'cause I know many aren't about to use RSS.

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

But how would the bots reply? That's what generates foot traffic, which is what brings ads, which is what is not enough to pay for the bills!

Perfect business model, I had a VC review it and got high marks

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

RSS is kinda a pain to set up though, not everyone wants to go through that.

[–] ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world 0 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

It can be, yeah. However, similar may be said of responsible social media setup.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 0 points 2 hours ago

Once again, Lemmy vastly overestimates how much hassle people will put up with as far as technology is concerned.

[–] MooseTheDog@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

They should know they have options at least. Then they can make the decision for themselves.