When i was just lurking here at the start of rexit, i kept getting the feeling of finally being around real humans again. It was amazing! unfortunately it seemed to go back to reddit style copy paste link spam to generate content. One step forwards and one step backwards.
Maybe, but initially that’s what reddit was … sharing links, and only a few people commenting. It’s the discussion of those links that’s the value, and where community is formed, so it’s up to us to engage here to build it. I’ve been a member of reddit for 17 years and it took nearly a decade for it to become popular with the masses. I’ve seen many social networking sites come and go. Each is different in it’s own way, and so too will be the fediverse … it will just take time to solidify it’s own identity. It’s also got a lot of wrinkles to iron out, but I really like what I’m seeing so far though.
When i was just lurking here at the start of rexit, i kept getting the feeling of finally being around real humans again. It was amazing! unfortunately it seemed to go back to reddit style copy paste link spam to generate content. One step forwards and one step backwards.
Maybe, but initially that’s what reddit was … sharing links, and only a few people commenting. It’s the discussion of those links that’s the value, and where community is formed, so it’s up to us to engage here to build it. I’ve been a member of reddit for 17 years and it took nearly a decade for it to become popular with the masses. I’ve seen many social networking sites come and go. Each is different in it’s own way, and so too will be the fediverse … it will just take time to solidify it’s own identity. It’s also got a lot of wrinkles to iron out, but I really like what I’m seeing so far though.