Before reddit and the like, I was on a bunch of unrelated forums at different sites. One for boxing/MMA, one for movies, one for music, etc. Stuff like Fark, Digg and ultimately Reddit killed that...
Before reddit and the like, I was on a bunch of unrelated forums at different sites. One for boxing/MMA, one for movies, one for music, etc.
Stuff like Fark, Digg and ultimately Reddit killed that off. Facebook kind of had some of it, but the public nature of that kind of social media is so different that I don't consider it the same.
Heck, old fart that I am, I used to be on several BBS's before that.
Reddit ultimately sucked all the oxygen out of the room and became the biggest central repository. Funny thing is, they kind of had what you might describe as "centralized federation". Subs were run differently, could have different CSS, different rules. It all tied in through one site, so average users didn't know or care. It was easier to discover and explore subs as they'd just show up on All.
If the fediverse could more easily integrate, it could be so much better.
Anyways, I don't mind of things splinter a bit if I can find active communities that discuss my interests. I don't need one massive content aggregator for everything.
The biggest thing they won't get is doom scrolling, and I'm ok with that.
Before reddit and the like, I was on a bunch of unrelated forums at different sites. One for boxing/MMA, one for movies, one for music, etc.
Stuff like Fark, Digg and ultimately Reddit killed that off. Facebook kind of had some of it, but the public nature of that kind of social media is so different that I don't consider it the same.
Heck, old fart that I am, I used to be on several BBS's before that.
Reddit ultimately sucked all the oxygen out of the room and became the biggest central repository. Funny thing is, they kind of had what you might describe as "centralized federation". Subs were run differently, could have different CSS, different rules. It all tied in through one site, so average users didn't know or care. It was easier to discover and explore subs as they'd just show up on All.
If the fediverse could more easily integrate, it could be so much better.
Anyways, I don't mind of things splinter a bit if I can find active communities that discuss my interests. I don't need one massive content aggregator for everything.
The biggest thing they won't get is doom scrolling, and I'm ok with that.