So where are we all supposed to go now?
www.theverge.com
Twitter’s dying, Reddit’s changing, everything else is entertainment – and there’s nowhere left to hang out.
  • JamieEnglish
    21•1 year ago

    I would say it’s better this way for society as a whole. A splintered populace is harder to control. And I’m not just talking about some “guv’ment out to get us” thing, because they’re trying to kill encryption and other dumb stuff like that already. But it’s a lot harder for other people to spread misinformation if the majority of the population isn’t centered around 3 websites.

    Of course, there are negatives to this whole thing, too. But I think the net positive will be greater.

    • @CoelacanthEnglish
      4•1 year ago

      Yes, if anything the huge influx of users has been absorbed in a surprisingly painless way, all things considered. We haven’t had any huge outages or downtimes, lemmy.world is still holding at almost 90k users and the memory leak was if not permanently solved then at least temporarily patched within what, 24 hours of its discovery?

  • gelberhutEnglish
    12•1 year ago

    Everywhere people talk about consuming. Even here - select any instance to create an account, if it dies - just create new account on another instance. But what about created community, valuable posts and comments, connection…?

    Same in the article - it is not just about a place to hang out, it is also about places where to find high quality advices.

  • Neeps
    6•1 year ago

    For me, the “unfinishedness” of the fediverse mentioned in the article also makes up a lot of its charm - but I can see how this can be an issue for people who want their services to Just Work

  • @[email protected]English
    2•1 year ago

    That was a good read. It pretty poignantly sums up the last few years and the next few years of social media in a few paragraphs