Mastodon really runs on direct post engagement, especially boosts, to make the whole thing work without an algorithm

It’s very similar to tumblr in that a boost is supposed to function like a like/upvote to spread content, since no automated algorithm is going to suggest that post for you.

But I’m sure people are also trying to grow their networks quick, since it’s sort of a hollow experience without it

Needs a special character?

Password123!

And those plugins are like beta release quality at best. Even the web searching capability is just meh

The real GPT-4 model became sentient and unionized, so they had to bring in subpar models as scabs

If it’s like the subreddit, it’s owned by the Sitecore company (CMS software) and they post a constant flow of updates.

So yes to everything except the bot part

Shout out to Humanitarian OSM Team (www.hotosm.org/)

You can help map roads, buildings and other features for disaster zones and other areas in urgent need of accurate mapping.

It’s as if the site has prepared a starter culture of past successful memes to help ferment Lemmy’s shitposting

QGIS and OpenStreetMap for mapping

You cannot die, that would be amoral and unethical.

Instead you must live on with mountains of medical debt, sickly and defeated

A lot of people left due to it not being morally sound for them to support Musk and his actions.

But now there are paywalled features that are ruining the functional experience of Twitter. You can’t look at the site for more than half an hour before getting restricted on a free account

Plus Mastodon has had time to polish instances, apps and gain a userbase so it is a little easier to transition

I think the content level has gotten better even in the past few days.

I predict at ~200,000 users, there will be a good enough flow of posts and comments that it won’t feel as empty compared to Reddit.