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• Skavau@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Why didn't they go to Mastodon? (hint: some of them did in 2022)

  No idea.

  Or perhaps there will be some other platform that is not so afraid of growth like Lemmy is, and people will go there, just like people went to Bluesky instead of going to Mastodon?

  Yeah, there might be. But it'd have to be pretty similar to Reddit. I don't know of any right now.

  I don't know how you think the fediverse is somehow afraid of growth though.

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  • rglullis@communick.news ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    No idea.

    People went to Mastodon and faced a number of UX issues:

    • onboarding was difficult
    • "Selecting an instance" is a chore
    • How to find content
    • No algorithmic recommendations

    Because getting content was hard, they were basically thrown into a whole new ecossytem and were greeted by the OG Mastodon users, who were not at all welcoming: , complaining about “their space” being invaded, had many displays of “opression olympics”, made a point of being extra loud about their extremist views as an attempt to scare normies, demanded everyone to learn “proper manners” right away, put content warnings on anything, etc.

    In other words, people didn’t go to Mastodon in 2024 because those that tried in 2022 were shunned away and left with the impression that the Fediverse is not for them.

    I don’t know how you think the fediverse is somehow afraid of growth though.

    For the reasons above. It’s not that they are “afraid of growth”, but the general culture on the Fediverse is reactionary and averse to change. Making it more universally appealing would mean bringing different people, and this is what they are afraid of.

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    • Skavau@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      For the reasons above. It's not that they are "afraid of growth", but the general culture on the Fediverse is reactionary and averse to change. Making it more universally appealing would mean bringing different people, and this is what they are afraid of.

      What changes are people afraid of? What "different people" is the Fediverse afraid of?

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      • rglullis@communick.news ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        What “different people” is the Fediverse afraid of?

        • Normies.
        • Small business who want to have a social media presence.
        • Influencers.
        • Reporters.
        • Anyone who is not 100% aligned with their political mindset

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