Comment on Monday Daily Questions (Newbie Friendly) - Aug 28, 2023

• spj_hook@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Interesting. I said I wouldn’t, but I’m now begrudgingly considering a return to Reddit myself. I liked the idea of moving here, but there’s just not the community engagement I was hoping for. Not just in wetshaving, but all the communities I was in.

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  • djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah, I get that.

    I’m just thinking that the enshittification of Reddit has started, and once started it won’t stop. The Reddit investors want their return on their investment and that’s that. I don’t blame them, but I have no illusions about a rosy future.

    In the meanwhile, I want to give this alternative a real chance.

    My question goes in that direction, too. I think this may feel more like a community with the weekly threads, which would hopefully feel less empty.

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    • PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’m just thinking that the enshittification of Reddit has started, and once started it won’t stop.

      Maybe, but network effects are powerful. Elon Musk, despite his best efforts, has not succeeded in driving away people from X-twitter, and I don’t believe that reddit will proceed as radically. There will be more adds, but the frog will be boiled slowly. I don’t see myself going back to reddit, but it’s more because I’m ideologically committed (I have been using exclusively Linux for 20+ years).

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      • djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yes, they are powerful indeed. The fediverse is the first alternative I’ve seen that has (at least in my mind) the potential to create a stronger network effect that any walled garden, though.

        I have been using exclusively Linux for 20+ years

        Cheering from a Debian work station

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    • spj_hook@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s a good point. I could see having weekly threads make it feel like less of a ghost town around here. I’d be on board with giving it a try.

      Regarding the enshittification, I sadly agree. Now that I’ve been gone a little while, I’m wondering if I’ll notice any differences when I go back, or if it’s a slower process.

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  • Velocipedic@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s not a “bustling metropolis” but I think it hasn’t really had enough time to blossom. And I’ve been busy with life so I’ve not been contributing as I would normally either.

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