The Spectre to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 4 days agoWhy do most people stay in centralized social media platforms when the Fediverse exists?message-square99fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down19
arrow-up1121arrow-down1message-squareWhy do most people stay in centralized social media platforms when the Fediverse exists?The Spectre to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 4 days agomessage-square99fedilink
minus-square@eldavi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish32•4 days agoPeople follow the crowd and centralized media had considerably bigger crowds
minus-squareTimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)linkfedilinkEnglish17•4 days 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.