I think if you’re looking for tons of replies, the fediverse isn’t going to be it - not untll the mainstream sites become so toxic that users bolt in droves.
You’ll start to hate Lemmy too if / when the great unwashed masses begin showing up. Those of us who’ve been around, shout to @kmirl@lemmy.world, have watched this play out over and over again.
When the norms start congregating in a single place you can be assured that place is going to shit.
When the norms start congregating in a single place you can be assured that place is going to shit.
While I don’t disagree at all with that, the very nature of the fediverse sites means there won’t be a single point of ownership that turns itself into an advertising platform.
Once the reddit algorithm started adjusting people’s feed - including mine -about the time that the IPO dropped, it got really nasty, with the rage-bait subs that I never had even heard of, let alone visited, showing up on my homepage feed and then it turned bad really fast.
Straight up, it’s what got me caught up in a snark-fest that got me banned… which turned out to be one of the best things to happen to me online in a long time.
You’ll start to hate Lemmy too if / when the great unwashed masses begin showing up. Those of us who’ve been around, shout to @kmirl@lemmy.world, have watched this play out over and over again.
When the norms start congregating in a single place you can be assured that place is going to shit.
While I don’t disagree at all with that, the very nature of the fediverse sites means there won’t be a single point of ownership that turns itself into an advertising platform.
Once the reddit algorithm started adjusting people’s feed - including mine -about the time that the IPO dropped, it got really nasty, with the rage-bait subs that I never had even heard of, let alone visited, showing up on my homepage feed and then it turned bad really fast.
Straight up, it’s what got me caught up in a snark-fest that got me banned… which turned out to be one of the best things to happen to me online in a long time.
The poison on Reddit is real.