It was either you or Tildes.
I went with Tildes originally, but their admirable effort to only encourage long-form discussion works against growing a user base to be anything more than a Petri dish; people need those fast dopamine hits!
…that and they’re invite only.
Speaking of which, did anyone sprout up after that?
I can only hope he’s part of a hydra in the event anything happens to him/more people are willing to sprout up when he’s gone.
It’s the free market, baby. 😎
“Why are you talking like that?”
I knew things were looking too optimistic.
Another day, another deep sigh.
Wait where’s the extra one come from?
I know we’re fucked anyways, but I will celebrate SO. MUCH. when he dies, when Trump dies, when Mitch McConnell dies. I just know I will be feeling so much joy.
Yeah the chasing profit is what ultimately dooms public forums.
My account there is 19 years old and I’m starting to spend more time on Lemmy than I am Reddit.
My forum timeline’s been webcomic/livejournal forums > ytmnd & digg > reddit > lemmy
(Social media’s been Chat clients > MySpace > FB > Instagram > BeReal & Pixelfed)
imo this friction will erode as larger instances come into play; people will join a large, main instance without even knowing of the others, and-- if they have a problem with the instance they joined-- they’ll find they can easily jump ship there.
And he’s still a billionaire.
And people still struggle.
To hell with him.