It’s not just lemmy that’s benefiting from Elon Musk.

  • @s1vgm
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    3210 months ago

    I’ve been trying to stick to Mastodon and ditch Twitter, but honestly, even though I’ve gotten into the habit of using Mastodon every day, it’s pretty hard for me to resist accepting information from Twitter.

    • drewofdoom
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      4810 months ago

      It’s ok to get information from places like X/Twitter or Reddit. It’s even fine to have an account. But it’s better to post your OWN material to platforms that best align with your sensibilities.

      • @[email protected]
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        1310 months ago

        This. I still lurk reddit for information, but I will never contribute. Advertisers these days only care about interaction anyway, so I doubt lurking significantly impacts the profitability one way or the other.

        • @DarthRedLeader
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          1110 months ago

          I think you should do you and browse whatever you want. I still use Reddit when looking for opinions on products and services because there’s nothing close to the discussion on there. But visiting the site (without an adblocker) 100% still generates ad revenue and is what matters to ad companies, regardless of actually participating in the discussion.

          • benji
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            110 months ago

            The clicks, even with an adblocker, are still worth something, right? Especially if they’re tied to an account.

    • @[email protected]
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      910 months ago

      My issue with Mastodon is that many big companies still use Twitter/X as their main way to publish news outside of of their websites and press releases.

      • @s1vgm
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        410 months ago

        It’s all about what matters most to you.

      • TheWoozy
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        210 months ago

        I’m not usually interested in what big companies have to say, but I follow some journalists who fortunately cross post to Mastodon, but all discussion takes place on elmo’s X site.