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5c508c34 | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +6 
 folks want to convert followers into leads into profit

it's also why a lot of the folks aren't willing to leave X behind, due to the conversions they get on there
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fiatjaf | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 You didn't even read my note.
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5c508c34 | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 strong counter argument
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5c508c34 | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 lack of algorithm wouldn't be a problem if indexation, categorisation and discovery of content was better
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fiatjaf | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Are these things good on x.com? Give an example.
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5c508c34 | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 they aren't and they don't need to be

that's what they have algo for

reddit is an example of something with both good content discovery + algo, with their trending/hot/top/recent tabs on both homepage and per subreddit
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Bitcoin Apostle | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 It’s not worth selling your soul to them..