The Fediverse is Not The Future of The Internet.
The Fediverse is Not The Future of The Internet.

[Opinion] Why The Fediverse is Not The Future of The Internet. | uselessauth

I don't think the Fediverse will become mainstream. But I'm actually happy about that. And so should you.
Fewer people, fewer idiots. I'm glad that people here are actually sane.
Speak for yourself.
I am ALL actually sane on this blessed day
Wait a minute....
You're not the boss of me.
Most people, I've definitely seen some schizo posts but they are pretty easy to avoid since they let their freak flag fly.
I want the place to be just big enough that the real niche communities (mostly gaming) start blooming. After that, though, I'm good.
Eh, feels mostly the same to me. Some people didn't like the meme I posted and accused me of wanting to murder my neighbors.
sounds like a normal Saturday, nothing to worry about
This didn't happen a month ago. More users, more idiots.
It's quite telling that by having a more 'complicated' sign up process and 'how-things-work' around here is able to keep idiots off the Fediverse (for now)
And I appreciate this, which means as a potential user I need to do my own background research, look around at different sources of information, lurk for a bit, before committing to a platform. And this in and of itself, for me at least, gives me a better appreciation of the 'verse' and how I can contribute to it.
From the article "The Fediverse is not that. It’s kind of… different. I mean, the very first thing you get asked when signing up for a Fediverse platform is “Which Instance?”. The signup process in the Fediverse is more complicated than people are used to."
A counter example to this 'barrier of entry' would be threads. Super easy to join, making it almost 'stupid' not to join if you're already on IG and using Twitter, without understanding what it offers besides simply being an alternative to threads (this is where I was at, could not outweigh the cons vs twitter, thus did not join)
I like it too honestly. It reminds me of stories about how Usenet used to be before the Eternal September.
I have not found that too be true. In fact I am getting more negative replies here than Reddit for similar comments. Like I just had one linking me to the whataboutism definition, but my comment they were replying too was the opposite. Unsure if a dumb bot triggered on a keyword or a person who didn’t understand the definition they sent. Been lots of little micro aggressions here. Wonder if the crowd or AI a grouping is using to sour the experience.
Go back to Reddit. I read through your post and you are a snowflake. I believe you’re looking for an echo chamber, which hopefully will not be found here.
I really think the typical Lemmy user falls into a lot of the same trappings as the typical Reddit user. It’s especially obvious on political or otherwise emotionally charged topics. In the end it doesn’t really matter if you are downvoted or not, it’s just an imaginary number.
But it’s definitely organic, not trolls or bots; just an inevitability of online spaces