Comment on Friendica's marketing is terrible.
daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I stopped using facebook years before fediverse even existed.
I think the facebook public is not the same as the fediverse public.
The most developed fediverse apps are the ones that clone sites that the geeks used to roam, like twitter and reddit.
korendian@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Maybe not within the “geek” world, but Facebook is one of if not the largest social media platform out there. So I am not sure it’s quite accurate to say “not many people” want to use a site like that. I know for a fact a lot of my friends would join one of an alternative existed.
Bo7a@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
The growth mindset that is intrinsic in questions and comments like this is counterproductive to the goals of the fediverse in my opinion.
The goal of federated services is not to be the biggest anything in the world. But instead to give places for people who actually care about the quality of The contents they interact with and that it was created by humans.
If that means that this part of the grand scheme of media stays small… So be it.
korendian@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I don’t really care about the size overall. What I care about is whether my friends are on it or not. That’s why Facebook is great, because you can literally find anyone and everyone (for the most part). Looking for that person you knew back in high school, or a cousin? They are likely on there. Want to find musicians? There are lots of groups in your area that people go to very often to find other musicians. Want to find people to play D&D? Join a d&d meetup group for your area.
Nothing about a federated site precludes any of that from being possible. It may make it somewhat more tricky, since searching between instances can be a bit wonky, but it is very doable. I think the fact that different instances can connect between each other makes things seem bigger than they actually are. You can be on a one person instance, but still be able to connect with everyone else on the entire fediverse. So overall, size is generally irrelevant, other than building a network effect, which I think is very important for any social media site to succeed.