I get the technical reason, of course. It’s just that a hit is a hit. Even if you exclude yourself as the product, you still help to let the platform stay alive. No clicks, no platform
And yeah sure, fediverse is social media too. But, at least, it’s still “real” and free. We’re no shitty product.
I didn’t review Nitter source code but I assume Nitter caches Twitter posts because it helps stay low profile. If they don’t, that’s still a cost for Twitter because they don’t get to profile users or display ads, just waste bandwidth. They can brag about user counts but who would trust user counts from a bot infested platform?
It’s the same reason I buy Kindles. They’re heavily subsidised on the assumption that the end user will buy books from Amazon. If you buy a Kindle while discounted and never buy books from them you likely cost them money.
OK, the does-produce-cost-that-earns-nothing-in-return-argument is solid. Didn’t think of that.
They can brag about user counts but who would trust user counts from a bot infested platform?
At this point, it seems the other half of those platforms, that is still human, do. Or else they’d be gone. Or they’re just oblivious or ignorant of the fact
I get the technical reason, of course. It’s just that a hit is a hit. Even if you exclude yourself as the product, you still help to let the platform stay alive. No clicks, no platform
And yeah sure, fediverse is social media too. But, at least, it’s still “real” and free. We’re no shitty product.
I didn’t review Nitter source code but I assume Nitter caches Twitter posts because it helps stay low profile. If they don’t, that’s still a cost for Twitter because they don’t get to profile users or display ads, just waste bandwidth. They can brag about user counts but who would trust user counts from a bot infested platform?
It’s the same reason I buy Kindles. They’re heavily subsidised on the assumption that the end user will buy books from Amazon. If you buy a Kindle while discounted and never buy books from them you likely cost them money.
OK, the does-produce-cost-that-earns-nothing-in-return-argument is solid. Didn’t think of that.
At this point, it seems the other half of those platforms, that is still human, do. Or else they’d be gone. Or they’re just oblivious or ignorant of the fact