Meta can rage farm Mastodon without controlling it - eviltoast

Meta can introduce their signature rage farming to the Fediverse. They don’t need to control Mastodon. All they have to do is introduce it in their app. Show every Threads user algorithmically filtered content from the Fediverse precisely tailored for maximum rage. When the rage inducing content came from Mastodon, the enraged Thread users will flood that Mastodon threads with the familiar rage-filled Facebook comment section vomit. This in turn will enrage Mastodon users, driving them to engage, at least in the short to mid term. All the while Meta sells ads in-between posts. And that’s how they rage farm the Fediverse without EEE-ing the technology. Meta can effectively EEE the userbase. The last E is something Meta may not intend but would likely happen. It consists of a subset of the Fediverse users leaving the network or segregating themselves in a small vomit-free bubble.

Some people asked what EEE is:

  • kolonel@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Endorse-Expand-Extingush or some variation. In essence you:

    1. Adopt the technologies.
    2. Expand within the community and inflate user interaction.
    3. Cut off the free elements / monopolise the platform

    You’ll see loads of historic examples of this and various theories on how Meta intends to do it. Fascinating if not depressing reading.