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I guess I'm famous then.
They said, on social media.
I think content-first social media like forums is far less bad than user-first like Twitter, Instagram, etc.
Uhh...
Wut?
On Twitter and Instagram you follow users. That's user-first. You go there to see what so-and-so is saying, regardless of if it's about cats or politics or their dinner plans.
Reddit, lemmy, and traditional web forums are content first. You go to the video games subforum to talk about games, and the sports forum to talk about sports. You often don't even read the user names. You're there for the content.
User-first stuff tends to incentivize bad behavior, I think. It becomes more about who's saying it than what's said.
I don't know because I've never used them but can't you follow hash tags?
I think mastodon does that but not twitter
I don't necessarily think it inherently incentivizes bad behavior, it's just a different media paradigm. Think of bands promoting albums and shows, celebrities doing celebrity things, charitable accounts, etc. I can see what you're saying with extremist wackos spewing their bullshit though, but that becomes a bit of a blanket. Different people come online for different purposes, and your average rando typically just wants to see cat videos and family photos.
Ehh I think celebrities is probably an example of why user-first is bad. They're given too much weight. If Chris Evans wants to talk about the MCU he can post in an MCU forum. If he wants to go off about Israel, well he's not an authority and we shouldn't facilitate that halo effect of "well he's famous so he's probably smart".
A band can have their own website and participate in communities for their genre/location/etc.
I'm painting with a broad brush but I think organizing by content rather than user is better in most cases.