Treating a billion users as a positive is insane to me.
I love that the Fediverse isn’t trying to get all users on a single platform. There’s any number of people who can go hang out on their own communities. I’m not even talking politics - I mean that having a single platform that combines football fans and cross-stitch enthusiasts seems mad to me.
Being able to use the same infrastructure is handy but that’s not how Reddit works - there’s basically a chalk line on the floor dividing communities. Fights happen constantly.
I’ve basically stopped using Reddit (except the tiny Gorkamorka community I admin) because almost every reply to my comments is someone spoiling for a fight. I don’t get that anywhere else. I don’t want to hang out on the digital equivalent of the Monty Python sketch about having an argument. Hello, is this the room to have an argument?
That’s what finally made me leave. I was a part of the initial digg migration and what sold me was a sense of quirky community and the ability to constantly learn cool stuff in the comments. The last few years have just been full of angry people and clout chasers. This community has almost given me hope again!
Treating a billion users as a positive is insane to me.
I love that the Fediverse isn’t trying to get all users on a single platform. There’s any number of people who can go hang out on their own communities. I’m not even talking politics - I mean that having a single platform that combines football fans and cross-stitch enthusiasts seems mad to me.
Being able to use the same infrastructure is handy but that’s not how Reddit works - there’s basically a chalk line on the floor dividing communities. Fights happen constantly.
I’ve basically stopped using Reddit (except the tiny Gorkamorka community I admin) because almost every reply to my comments is someone spoiling for a fight. I don’t get that anywhere else. I don’t want to hang out on the digital equivalent of the Monty Python sketch about having an argument. Hello, is this the room to have an argument?
That’s what finally made me leave. I was a part of the initial digg migration and what sold me was a sense of quirky community and the ability to constantly learn cool stuff in the comments. The last few years have just been full of angry people and clout chasers. This community has almost given me hope again!
I haven’t even seen that sketch, but just reading about it made me laugh.