u/no_spoon

I keep hearing about how X is good for getting leads etc, but when I log onto X, my account is filled with garbage. "Follow me for 10k followers", stupid viral video clips of just nothing worth my time. Why is X even considered for marketing? These aren't my customers. These are bots, trash tv ads, and influencer wannabes. So what is the point here? Is there a secret channel I'm missing? None of this involves our target customers discussing their needs and thoughts. So what is it about X that makes it worth my time?

I keep hearing about how X is good for getting leads etc, but when I log onto X, my account is filled with garbage. "Follow me for 10k followers", stupid viral video clips of just nothing worth my time. Why is X even considered for marketing? These aren't my customers. These are bots, trash tv ads, and influencer wannabes. So what is the point here? Is there a secret channel I'm missing? None of this involves our target customers discussing their needs and thoughts. So what is it about X that makes it worth my time?

The problem is the noise. It's ADHD fuel. All of the platforms, including this one, are designed to keep you on their platform and click ads. That's it. That's the entire purpose of the app. It's not to help you connect with your friends, or meet new people, or find love, or get you the help you actually need on something. If it were any of those, the internet would look completely different.

The problem isn't inherently that social media is bad. It's that it's being controlled by capitalist interests. That's why there's some competition on the fringes - Matadon, Blusky are two I can think of.

My other thought on the fallacy with these platforms is that they, with the exception of Reddit, rely on followers and likes for engagement. People become addicts simply with those two metrics alone. And when I chat with people I know about this, they say "well of course people want followers and likes". And I have to push back and say "No, they don't. If these platforms actually addressed people's needs, we wouldn't have followers and likes in the first place. They'd be meaningless." And they mostly are. I've seen accounts with 200k followers get barely any responses on their posts. And that's because people are just so overwhelmed now with content, that followers are virtually meaningless. No one is only seeing content from their followers.

So while you can just quit these platforms and move on, like i'm sure many of you are doing, I want to reiterate that's the design of the platforms, not the nature of the internet itself.

I'm curious if you do. I find Reddit to not only be inefficient and hardly work and people ghost and it's not fun, but also ... not sure if you're aware here, but basically all of the chat/r4r/makefriends subreddits have the same small group of mods. I got banned for merely reaching out to one of the mods and talking about my project. I was just asking for feedback. Instead of any formal decline, I was immediately banned from certain communities and not I'm not able to use them. This is unacceptable, and Reddit has long had a horrible reputation for mod abuse against its users.

So i'm really not sure why people put up with this and continue to use Reddit as a way to meet people. It seems like such a lost cause. I'd rather build my own community (which I am, but I'm not allowed to talk about apparently) to help make better connections.

I'm honestly just sick of these giant platforms controlling us and saying we're not allowed to even suggest or criticize any of these systems. There are such better ways of connecting with each other. /rant

Also, i wouldn't be surprised if this post got me banned from this subreddit. So in that case, it was nice knowing none of you. Goodbye.

Hi! I wfh and i'm an introvert (INFP) so been feeling pretty isolated lately. I live in FL so going outside is like stepping into the gates of heck. I am a web developer and work on all sorts of cool projects. I'm married with no kids and no pets because I'm just ultra introverted lol. I enjoy good books (nonfiction mostly) and tv (anyone see Widow's Bay?) and music (mostly Ambient and some DMB and jazz).

Anyways, i love meeting new people so come say hi and ask me a random question that's on your mind. THX!

I'm honestly just curious if I'm the only one who's just frustrated with finding other people who I would want to chat with. I don't feel like endlessly going through each post or introductions channel and figuring out if there's a match or not. It doesn't feel natural to me, and I don't really have the time. I know it takes time, but it shouldn't be that time consuming of a process.

What if there was a directory of users that you could filter by and see if they're open to chat? Has anyone thought of that? Just curious what your thoughts are.

Also, full disclosure, i'm working on building something that tackles this problem so I'm trying to figure out if there is a need/want/alternative. Thank you!

I just did a search for Threads hoping to find strategies and experiences based on marketing in Threads. Can't really find anything in the search. It's become my favorite social media app to use personally, and I've been trying to use it for getting my startup off the ground, but it's been tough. Curious what other's experiences are with it and why it's not discussed more.

I'm working for a client that performs a bunch of webhooks (webhook syncs) on Stripe payouts, and I'm having difficulty testing this on test mode. The test mode is connected to their live bank account, and we have not had an actual transaction yet on the live mode. Now I'm aware that the first payout takes seven days to process, so that immediately makes testing difficult, but I can wait a week. The problem is that even after waiting that week, the payouts are still taking seven days to be processed.

I need access to the transaction details or the charges within Stripe for each payout, and that's not available through manual payouts, so I can't just do the instant payout method and test the webhook. There's really no documentation on what the proper way to test this is. I was thinking that maybe I would have to do a real transaction so that Stripe would trust the bank account and it would shorten the seven-day wait period for the payout. Yes, I have daily payouts scheduled, but I'm still waiting seven days. Any advice?

Why are there no reviews on this and is this a good deal? Seems like it considering the 12" standalone is $140. https://www.amazon.com/All-Clad-Stainless-Steel-Frying-Silver/dp/B07HSKFGYQ/ref=sr_1_23?crid=120YYK1MCS435&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.iniIta23vNA_5jFxup_At9a5iopm6v_Y1a76OEA5ifu-Zxgi84WzWZjOGqJD6--YBPgdTsWjcSWp60OMLNOkZ5LZRtuxlmnsXGrsK5aJwSiehZncgSh9_Q0PAIEHUFp7ZPzoBtdKFKy_VU9aYnMvpPMWOGe9z8QTv2yQAiP5IHYZI2RjJZMqFTCbTfl-Razbhhcb1Abe_c6gFgqlqBRiO-zNQ1HiSh8W5-YyynuiFVxIfXD9-_XiXb-zLymhucDTai29mMHi9bXvK_u9hhLfLDIEqDZgV9clc4ZidNK7kMI.zfiSCDWqEhHy7P6UZ2Qz74JrFnpMz6e2cQUevtFODCE&dib_tag=se&keywords=all%2Bclad&qid=1777992908&sprefix=all%2Bclad%2Caps%2C195&sr=8-23&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.5998aa40-ec6f-4947-a68f-cd087fee0848&th=1