azura

That’s a community/mindset issue, not a fediverse issue I think. It was useful because that’s where the people went, so if the people went somewhere else, the niche communities would thrive there just the same I’d think.
Over the last 10 or so years this centralized mindset has really taken a big hold. Before sites like Reddit, Twitter, FB, etc. existed, the internet was basically all niche communities that all had their own space.
I think especially for niche communities the fediverse could be a fantastic opportunity.

it warms my heart to see so many people slowly figuring this out. This is what the internet was meant to be all along.

Just save your instance as “reddit”/“apollo”/whatever on your phone. This is the trick they wish you didn’t know.

Don’t forget us kbin users too! We’re all in the same boat now

Someone posted a link a while ago to an article called killing community. I believe it speaks what I’ve been thinking for a while. I’ve quit so many social media over such a long time but I’m also part of a small community of friends. We Have our own little corner of the internet with file sharing and things like password manager and chat server and so on. We’ve been going strong for 15 years and going. Growth at all costs destroys communities.

I don’t think I will ever forget my icq number

Hi from a kbin instance!

Hehe, the joys of troubleshooting and profiling. Isn’t it fun?

Also don’t let media tell you that something is dead.
If people are using it, it’s not dead.
If you’re getting value out of it, it’s not dead.
Something doesn’t need to have half the world using it to not be dead.