• EnderMB@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Fully agree.

    What I’d also add is that a lot of people on here truly miss the point of why people use the likes of Twitter and Reddit over their fediverse alternatives - federation is a feature, not a selling point. Most people care about content, not about whether your instance is independent or free from corporate control.

    Let Reddit do their thing, and focus on your own. If you want people to give a shit about Mastodon or Lemmy, make them better.

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      11 months ago

      Exactly, content is and always will be king. For better or worse, that “highly curated” front page of Reddit will be curated to draw as many people in as possible. We don’t have the luxury of algorithms or a full moderation team to weed out the spam ana the chaff, we only have ourselves. Its our Greatest superpower and we should leverage it where we can.

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        11 months ago

        It reminds me of Netflix’s habit of cancelling great shows and imstead making more and more trash TV because that’s what is getting more views. It’s what the masses who don’t care that much want. Reddit, like Netflix, are chasing the broadest possible user base as possible. I used to go to Reddit for neat conversations about niche topics. Then it became an echo chamber of one liners and memes, which while fun, is antithetical to what I originally was there for.

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      11 months ago

      Precisely. I’ve stopped being sore over corp social media, because there’s no point: it’s never going to change. Before I was on the fedi, I mostly lurked and consumed, but in here I feel like I’m putting down real roots and contributing to a living culture.

      I don’t know what the future of the internet is, but I know the bad path is further corporate capture and centralisation. If it’s going to be something I want to participate in, it’s going to be those parts which are decentralised.

      PS this is my phone account with Sync so I can’t post from this one yet.