It’s not unreasonable to percieve the WWW for the past 20 years, definitely 10 years, to basically being a handful of website with 90% of the users.

I for one miss the smaller internet of days past, but I’ve always assumed I was in the minority here, as most of my peers don’t seem to care about everything being on Facebook these days.

However, as AI slop overruns these platforms, I’ve noticed increased interest in alternatives. As each major platform gets slopified, the sites and communities that are too small to warrant much interest from bots become more lucrative.

And as for the ones who are fine with the slop feeds who think what they’re seeing is actually real, I guess we’re not losing much of value if they stay with InstaFaceTwitterTok

    • squirrel@piefed.kobel.fyiEnglish
      9·
      3 months ago

      I enjoy the quality over quantity as well. Came from Reddit 3 years ago and seen waves of users come and go. The people that stayed helped build this place. It’s slower and more quiet here, not so much driven by attention. Way better for actual conversations.

      • Ada@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        12·
        3 months ago

        The bots are already on the fediverse. The difference is, the admin to user ratio on the fediverse is much better, so they get identified and removed within a day or two, rather than spamming for weeks or months

        • Blaze@piefed.zipEnglish
          4·
          3 months ago

          Also admins who want the best for their instances rather than having to answer to a mega corporation