At the moment the internet is flawed, do you think the fediverse is the solution?

  • omarciddo@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    I don’t want it to. I enjoyed reddit the most when it was mainly a techier and generally thoughtful crowd, large enough to always be interesting but not so big as to be a gluttonous mass of nonsense. The ever-so-slightly higher barrier to entry to the Fediverse compared to other platforms (which spooks mainstream users even though it’s really not that hard) gives me hope that the Fediverse will keep its character for a good while.

    • Noedel@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      I agree but also, gates are open wide if you ask me. I’m missing some communities here and it’s going to be a long time before there are enough users to make it a worthy replacement for Reddit.

    • quirq@lemmy.nz
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      1 year ago

      That’s a good take on it actually!

      If you consider how many people are using the Matrix network, then Lemmy instances will probably end up fine. Just gotta convert lurkers to active participants (like me, I mostly lurked on reddit, but have been a bit more active on my home instance)

      • IverCoder@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        That would be a bad idea. While only a small percentage of users actively create engaging content, the problem is that those active users will lose the incentive to participate if there’s nobody else to engage with, and this will cause them to eventually flock back to the non-Fediverse social media sites.

        We should instead streamline Lemmy’s sign-up like how Mastodon did it. The easier it is to sign up and the more users there are (even if many are lurkers), the better.