It's interesting to see the modern content model being tried on Mastodon, with some success (because I see the boosts, although n=1 here so 🤷 )
Here's how it works:
Johnny Big-Follower Tech Personality writes an article - largely negative - about $CURRENT_THING that article is shared on $CURRENT_THING, generating clicks, revenue, and the fabled 'buzz' craved by every marketing dickhead in the land.
Rinse and repeat.
I've been here since 2018, and before that on GNUSocial. It took me a long time to really get a handle on how it all worked. The people are very different to me; I would very rarely be exposed in my daily life to the diversity.
It takes a while to figure out how it all works. Does it annoy me that somebody that *just* got here acts like they get it all already? Yes it does. Fuck them.
@sullybiker ohhhh is this about something specific because i mustve missed it
@aimlessComposer There's been a few, but the latest is Aral Balkan
@sullybiker i dunno who that is are they on the journo instance i got that muted
@aimlessComposer part of the tech influencer sphere. That community and I hate to say it and the infosec community have a groupie problem. It's sort of icky.
@sullybiker ohhhh got it
i dont keep up with like
people and stuff. i got way too much to do so unless i watch videos u make or actually talk with u i just dunno who u are so that makes sense lol
@aimlessComposer It's too close to my day job and Linkedin and all that shit. I can't stand it.
@sullybiker cannot stand linkedin the vibes are attrocious its like business facebook
@aimlessComposer I was at a table full of their employees at a conference in Montreal a few years back. They were alright actually.
@sullybiker thats good at least
wish the moderation team cared at all about weird way too forward "recruiters" and scam offers but like
glad the people working on it are mostly normal lol
@aimlessComposer Some of the nicest people I'd met were devs from Facebook, in LA (Don't feel sorry for me haha)
@sullybiker fb employees seems pretty cool i just cant stand zuck
It is engaged with because it's seen as validation of the platform; here is this big shot (but he's ever so humble!) writing about our pet, and even if he's been here two minutes, it's nice to be noticed right?