It's because the Fediverse doesn't have investors, which is the way I want it.
Who wants to bet that all companies will open up instances once they get wind of it?
Isn't that exactly what Facebook did with Threads?
Kind of. Threads launched without federation, and I don't think it has enabled federation yet.
I just checked. It seems they’re using activitypub as well. So yes, they‘re sort of in the ballpark with it, like kbin. So I suppose you’re right. But the others have to follow.
I feel like Lemmy is doing a great job at treading water
Honestly I'm thankful lemmy isn't in the media, or this place would grow out of control. I think a steady growth is much healthier.
I’d be super okay with it getting a bit bigger so smaller communities can flourish and then not getting any bigger after that. Reddit is so big it’s a dreary and dead place in the comments and posts
I don't see this as a problem, the media is terrible at understanding/caring about real cultural trends.
The fact that I have a better time on Lemmy than Reddit on my phone, despite the huge difference in user numbers, says it all to me.
Reddit has been seeing a meaningful and lasting decline since they decided users don't matter, and there's no coming back from that.
Just like Facebook has suffered a permanent user loss and failure to grow, so will Reddit. It won't be overnight, but newer generations are increasingly tech-literate, even when they aren't more media-literate.
I never thought Mastodon would become a place to be, despite always hoping. Never imagined a real Reddit alternative would start to form, but here I am.
Cambridge Analytica laid the foundation of general disdain for centralized social media, and Elon Musk single-handedly exhausted the public's patience with corporate bullshit.
I think decentralized options are here to stay, and I think the only centralized platforms that will take longer to upend are video-dependant ones.
All in good time.
To be honest Lemmy is just the right amount of content for me, and generally high quality.
It has also gotten me out of my doom scrolling habits that were causing anxiety issues. Thank God for that.
Being underground is the best way to make sure that we can form and mature as a community.
Getting big too fast and being in focus too soon will nip our community in the bud.
Just like music. New trends trend to brew underground for years before they break out and take over from the current mainstream.
Though I would prefer that we remain under the radar. It's more fun that way.
Same, I don't really care what the media thinks, I'm having a good time.
Mass media controlled by a handful of billionaires is simping for social media controlled by a handful of billionaires. Color me shocked.
These media giants will never let fediverse become big
Federated social media is extremely dangerous for them
Honestly, I’m 100% alright with the media not being terribly interested in this.
Honestly im really enjoying Lemmy for what it is right now. There's not a ton of content, sure, but its quality content.
I fucking hate this statement. Where's this "quality" content everyone is talking about? I just see endless bots reposting the same old shit.
You, my Lord, have just posted somme quality content.
WTF is BlueSky?
BlueSky
Thanks I hate it
it's where the sun lives I hate it too
I just looked it up, apparently Jack Dorsey made a new Twitter like chat service and everyone is bending over backwards to see. Its a new twitter clone made by the guy who made twitter.
Meh. I don't care if medias don't talk about Lemmy
We're only a couple weeks out from a child pron incident and we're constantly in-fighting/defederating with communist communities brigading other instances so... I get it.
I want more fediverse drama dammit, people crying out about Hexbear stuff was entertaining
Bluesky and threads suck. Discovery is awful and engagement is low.
I will absolutely not use Twitter so I’ve tried to give threads a chance but yeah it’s worthless. How can you still not search for topics and stuff on there??
There are some amazing journalists over on Mastodon.
By far the best for breaking news is Steve Herman of the VOA. https://journa.host/@w7voa
For analysis, The Conversation. https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUS
And if you just want a curated feed of interesting stuff going on, follow Lisa Melton. https://mastodon.social/@lisamelton
Also, Apple crap everywhere
Hey, if people want to give Jack their data and time again, more power to them, that motherfucker is never getting any of mine again.
Gotta keep Jack Dorsey relevant somehow.
They desperately miss the mid-2010s when "here's what someone said on twitter" and "missing plane still missing" were the only stories anyone was expected to pursue, and neither required any legwork.
Bluesky confuses me, how do I discover anything without hashtags? Maybe I've been on mastodon too long?
I'm OK with this.
Imagine valuing what the fuck a bunch of companies think about you.
lol.
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