I wish it didn’t take a system/site/service imploding to get people to try something new.
MySpace got silly, enter FB.
Twitter gets Musked, Mastodon finally takes off after years of not.
Reddit nukes their own service,
Etc.
Not that bad projects shouldn’t die off, but it’s always a reactionary move for the masses, rather than a proactive “let’s try this new thing because it might be better”.
I think Reddit is an outlier in the sense that until now it has been a good service with fairly minor flaws.
FB is totally garbage and had been that for many years now and yet people are not seeking alternatives, maybe because that kind of social media is not that interesting anymore to the types that would care.
It’s definitely been going downhill but by choosing good subreddits and using a 3rd party app that strips out all the new “features” it was still usable. Now it won’t be usable.
To me with old.reddit & Apollo nothing much has changed until now. As for new Reddit, I used to think it’s okay if they can monetize some things without affecting me, though I did know the good times will end someday.
That may be, but they have 100’s of millions of users, and most of them will never entertain an alternative until [insert world-breaking issue/event here].
Maybe it’s OK though. The big majority usually follows what is default, and then you have a minority doing something different. Linux users are like 1% and it’s still enough for the community to thrive and enjoy themselves a lot. It’s probably the same here, that once we reach enough users to keep things interesting, we don’t actually need more users. :)
I’ve recently returned to Facebook after many years away from it specifically for some local outdoors groups (lots of good posts there about local trail conditions, good training routes, what stores have/offer X, etc). I keep the blinders on and avoid the main News Feed, and it’s been fine. It might be just me, but the idea of having super localized communities on Facebook makes more sense compared to somewhere else like Reddit.
Many people won’t rock the boat (or even think og doing it) if the current thing is sufficient. Luckly, it seems that, with time, all monitized, centralized platforms inevitably fail.
I wish it didn’t take a system/site/service imploding to get people to try something new.
MySpace got silly, enter FB. Twitter gets Musked, Mastodon finally takes off after years of not. Reddit nukes their own service, Etc.
Not that bad projects shouldn’t die off, but it’s always a reactionary move for the masses, rather than a proactive “let’s try this new thing because it might be better”.
I think Reddit is an outlier in the sense that until now it has been a good service with fairly minor flaws.
FB is totally garbage and had been that for many years now and yet people are not seeking alternatives, maybe because that kind of social media is not that interesting anymore to the types that would care.
It’s definitely been going downhill but by choosing good subreddits and using a 3rd party app that strips out all the new “features” it was still usable. Now it won’t be usable.
To me with old.reddit & Apollo nothing much has changed until now. As for new Reddit, I used to think it’s okay if they can monetize some things without affecting me, though I did know the good times will end someday.
@sina @dukethorion FB is for lazy boomers who are too scared of anything truly technological
That may be, but they have 100’s of millions of users, and most of them will never entertain an alternative until [insert world-breaking issue/event here].
Maybe it’s OK though. The big majority usually follows what is default, and then you have a minority doing something different. Linux users are like 1% and it’s still enough for the community to thrive and enjoy themselves a lot. It’s probably the same here, that once we reach enough users to keep things interesting, we don’t actually need more users. :)
@smartwater0897 @dukethorion Exactly. FB corrals a big chunk of the low-effort people into one place who would otherwise ruin great communities.
I’ve recently returned to Facebook after many years away from it specifically for some local outdoors groups (lots of good posts there about local trail conditions, good training routes, what stores have/offer X, etc). I keep the blinders on and avoid the main News Feed, and it’s been fine. It might be just me, but the idea of having super localized communities on Facebook makes more sense compared to somewhere else like Reddit.
Many people won’t rock the boat (or even think og doing it) if the current thing is sufficient. Luckly, it seems that, with time, all monitized, centralized platforms inevitably fail.
In my own defense, I had literally never heard of Lemmy until yesterday. Maybe I’m just following the wrong things on reddit though haha
I am also usually in the same boat.
Inertia is a pretty strong force with a lot of users.