Worst part isn't linear, it's exponential.
If you don't have an algorithm and you make a post nobody likes, nobody likes it. If you do have an algorithm and you make a post nobody likes, you'll be disproportionately rewarded for making something viral.
On the fediverse, every once in awhile I'll post a meme that does great, and other times I post something substantial on Yugoslavia and get pretty little engagement. But it's fine, people will see what they want to see and they won't see what they don't want to see, but who follow me will get everything -- post about Yugoslavia and the meme post. On big tech, the fact that I make a post about Yugoslavia it's typically going to mean that nobody sees my meme post because I pounded myself into the dirt through the algorithm.
If you don't have an algorithm and you make a post nobody likes, nobody likes it. If you do have an algorithm and you make a post nobody likes, you'll be disproportionately rewarded for making something viral.
On the fediverse, every once in awhile I'll post a meme that does great, and other times I post something substantial on Yugoslavia and get pretty little engagement. But it's fine, people will see what they want to see and they won't see what they don't want to see, but who follow me will get everything -- post about Yugoslavia and the meme post. On big tech, the fact that I make a post about Yugoslavia it's typically going to mean that nobody sees my meme post because I pounded myself into the dirt through the algorithm.
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