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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 | Wall-to-wall | Open on fosstodon.org
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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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