• PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de
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          26 days ago

          The ad revenue part is true but what do you mean by not harvesting data? Mastodon definitely stores your boosts and likes, it just doesn’t use that data to recommend more content. And the big difference is of course that it is stored on your instance’s server, not a centralized location.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      26 days ago

      I’m not OP, but yes, that’s why I don’t use Mastodon or Twitter/X. I really don’t like the format.

      I tried to give Twitter a fair shake several years ago, and I found it to be a complete waste of my time. So I don’t use it, or anything like it. That’s also around when I found Reddit, which I found to not be a complete waste of time, and that’s why I’m on Lemmy instead of Mastodon. I like following communities, not topics or people.

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      26 days ago

      Yes, and that was the issue for me. Some thoughts are indeed meant to be short, but I’d prefer elaboration in a lot of cases.

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        26 days ago

        Ok, but the comment thread is about people preferring Bluesky to Mastodon, hence my confusion.