Try to Create a Functional Social Media App in 2023 Challenge (Impossible)

  • thejml@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    It used to be really useful for following news and companies. I work in DevOps, and I used to follow AWS, Microsoft, Google, Cloudflare, etc. then I added some Sony/Playstation follows for games and such and it was super handy to see product announcements, downtime status updates for cloud computing platforms, etc.

    Then my feed got filled with “you might like” instead of what I was trying to follow, so I switched to a command line “only pull my follows” script and now with the API stuff that’s just useless so I gave up.

    Following random celebs and people you don’t know, on the other hand), always seemed creepy.

    • shitescalates@midwest.social
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      1 year ago

      Even that I’d rather sub to a subreddit or something. And the comments below a post are so terrible, since they are algorithm driven instead of votes.