Spectre@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 22 days agoWhy do most people stay in centralized social media platforms when the Fediverse exists?message-squaremessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down111
arrow-up1116arrow-down1message-squareWhy do most people stay in centralized social media platforms when the Fediverse exists?Spectre@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 22 days agomessage-square99fedilink
minus-squareeldavi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·22 days agoPeople follow the crowd and centralized media had considerably bigger crowds
minus-squareTimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·22 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.