I can forgive the issues with Kbin and Lemmy because Reddit has had more time and resources to build the platform. My hope is that with the new attention and the open source nature that Lemmy will show consistent improvement to where I don't feel like I'm compromising.
JakeBacon
joined 2 years ago
Pros
- more attention to the Fediverse and all the advancement that may bring with it.
- If the Fediverse ever becomes mainstream corporations will end up with their own content on it so having Meta join would provides early insight on how the Fediverse may be effected by becoming mainstream.
Cons
- Some instances may not have the server load to support being federated with Meta
- There's a decent chance it hinders healthy growth (Like a Cuckoo hatchling that starves out the bird's actual children.)
There was a time where I'd boot up Libre office for tasks that Google docs wouldn't cover. But it's been so long I don't remember what it was.
Now I just use Docs for all my personal work.
Honestly, it keeps it simpler. The idea of federation and etc can go above the heads of people so it's probably simpler to just focus on one instance and let the users discover the wider world of federation at their own pace.
Personally though, I would have mentioned Lemmy/Kbin in some capacity.
Nostalgia trip right here. This song got played at just about every major boyscout camp I went to. And from what I know, still gets played at those camps.
I feel like the nature of Lemmy better fits a community with "anarchy" in the title anyway.
reopening in a restricted form
What are we talking about here? Will it be a protest similar to r/steam or r/pics, a restriction on who can post/comment, or something else entirely?
I rolled up a Tumblr account because I was thinking the same thing, but it really doesn't fill the social media niche I want like Reddit.
Lemmy is doing a much better job of that, although I'm curious to see what happens to the user base as time goes on.
I wonder if this will end as poorly as that eating disorder hotline that did the same thing.
It's nice for sure. Even outside of Beehaw I believe that with the smaller overall user base of Lemmy, most communities should be more general until the user base gets much larger.
For example, staying on the topic of video games. There's a community for factory/automation games which is likely to stay more active than if Factorio, Satisfactory, and others each had their own community. Also, having a community for the subgenre means that small indie games that would normally rarely be discussed have a place.
You can see a good example of this in the gaming sphere as both Path of Exile and Warframe have entire instances for themselves.