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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts: 1

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Meta can rage farm Mastodon without controlling it (lemmy.ca)
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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:

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (9 children)

What does EEE stand for?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago

Embrace, extend, extinguish

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish

For an excellent writeup how Google used this to kill XMPP read this (and an explanation why this is a real concern for Mastadon/Fediverse):

https://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-networks.html

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

Embrace, extend, extinguish.

It's the three steps process for killing an open source competitor. First you adopt it, start using it, then you improve on it, but keep these improvements to yourself, then you break compatibility.

You now have the bigger better version of the exact same thing, and no-one else gets a slice.

[–] Kolonel_Kahlua 8 points 2 years 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] 15liam20 4 points 2 years ago

Enroll, Engage and Enrage

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Eastern equine encephalitis

It's some virus that causes brain infections and is transmitted by mosquitos. Meta developed it to make people stupid so they like their content.

[–] EuroNutellaMan 2 points 2 years ago

Estonian E-boys Enterprises