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Boy I was wrong about the Fediverse (matduggan.com)

submitted 2 days ago by ekZepp@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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It became the only reliable source of information I had. People posted links with a minimal amount of commentary, picking and choosing the best content from other social media networks. They’re not doing it to “build a brand” because that’s not a thing in the Fediverse. It’s too disjointed to be a place to build a newsletter subscription base.

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[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 14 points 1 day ago

It takes very little effort to open and run a community here, be the change you want to see. :)

[-] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 day ago

I disagree. It's easy if you want to use a community as your personal blog without any interaction from others. It's hard to get an actual community running.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

People are more likely to participate if you are. :) But if the space exists, natural discovery can happen too. You do not have to do much more than open the conversation.

[-] IMALlama@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I generally agree with activite communities being a self reinforcing feedback loop. That said, one of the challenges federation creates is fragmentation for "the same" community across multiple instances. As a result, each community appears relatively inactive as they're all vying for engagement with each other.

[-] dogzilla@masto.deluma.biz 4 points 1 day ago

@IMALlama @fediverse Is this bad? Seems like this lets the “best” community rise to the top, for whatever definition of “best” the community chooses. Otherwise you start interfering with freedoms and setting a judge to decide what communities “should” be