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yakkoj 🦊

you know... maybe TikTok isn't the best place for you to hold your debate about anything.

Of course, where else are you going to debate that thing where "everyone" can see it? Twitter? YouTube? (Do the cool kids even use YouTube anymore?)

1 April at 0:14 | Open on fosstodon.org
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bignose

@yakkoj

It was too late a while ago.

The youth exodus from #TikTok is already underway. Gen Z is abandoning it in droves, leaving their parents (Millennials) the largest demographic remaining.

As usual, children seek to hang out in places their parent's generation are *not*. TikTok lost that a while ago.

pluralistic.net/2024/03/21/inv

#Enshittification #PlatformExodus #VendorLockIn #SwitchingCosts

1 April at 1:05 | Open on fosstodon.org
yakkoj 🦊

@bignose this has reminded me why I've spent the past 30 years keeping social anything to a minimum. Switching costs is as old as the commercial 1995-era internet, but it's still a very big deal.

For me, the only winning move is frequently to not play. I just wish that strategy worked for more people, and I'll admit it will NOT work for most.

1 April at 1:31 | Open on fosstodon.org
bignose

@yakkoj
> For me, the only winning move is frequently to not play.

To not pour our lives and effort into the #WalledGarden #PlatformSilo social media, is sensible.

And it frees up time and energy, to put into #FreeSoftware systems like the #Fediverse. Not everyone needs to do it, but the more people who do, the more options expand for everyone.

More effort before a payoff, sure. But far less *wasted* effort when yet another platform submits to #enshittification.

#ProtocolsNotPlatforms

@yakkoj
> For me, the only winning move is frequently to not play.

To not pour our lives and effort into the #WalledGarden #PlatformSilo social media, is sensible.

And it frees up time and energy, to put into #FreeSoftware systems like the #Fediverse. Not everyone needs to do it, but the more people who do, the more options expand for everyone.

1 April at 1:40 | Open on fosstodon.org
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