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i have to admit, there are parts of the internet i no longer traverse. my desire to be caught up to the minute, or know everything there is to know about …

The Fediverse and attention economy

Replied to Does the fediverse suffer from the same issues as centralized social media when it comes to mental health and the attention economy? – Simple Living – Fedia (fedia.io)

A lot of people feel drawn to simple living or digital minimalism because they feel a constant need to be connected and stay up to date, and feel less and less in control because of the attention economy and how algorithms are developed to maximize your attention. While the fediverse might not work in the same exploitative way…

Yes, it does. It will keep suffering from the same issues as long as it encourages microblogging, and there are public upvotes and likes, and you can post links on Lemmy with a single-sentence summary that people can react to without reading the link. The Fediverse social media is built on the exact same premises…