There is a huge emphasis I see on just growing community size and creating an alternative to reddit.

Back in the day we used to hang out in irc chats with 5-10 active users or forums with few thousand users max. I made friends there I visted across countries. Years after Id log in and people would ask how you’ve been.

I had a reddit account for over 10 years and I dont think a single person would recognize my username. Its always felt like people aren’t talking to you but trying to appeal to the whole audience for points. Reddit exploits our psychology for attention but nothing humane is gained there. The super massive “community” ends up as a void where 99% of posts go completely unseen and any discussions suffer heavily from mod mentalities.

If this a place where even just ten people call home but feel good doing so, that is more good than a million being miserable. Maybe the best alternative is not to be reddit altogether.

Besides, good things have a natural tendency to spread, we don’t need to focus on it.

  • Pspspspspsps@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    For sure! Don’t get me wrong this wasn’t intended to be a criticism of the fediverse at all, I think the more I learn it’s becoming apparent it’s actually probably a better way of remaining anonymous simply due to the nature of how it works. Just offering a perspective on why I’d feel more comfortable with a larger user base long term. It’s a psychological aspect basically rather than a rational one lol. On Reddit I basically just got a new account every year and completely scrubbed before abandoning them, with a million throwaways for any specific issues that if posted on my main would be too identifiable. Here I’ll just hold off on offering personal info for now and just try to get a feel for each community, but it’d just be nice if I find a few homes it feels safe in for that :3