| ▲ | snarf21 3 days ago | |
I agree completely. This isn't the world of BBSes where everyone had a corner or two that they hung out on. As long as posts are gamified with likes and notifications, decentralization will never win. Even HN isn't immune and it has carved out a pretty specific niche of text based and no ads social network focused largely on tech. I don't think another decen-HN is likely to take off or break into other self organizing segments even though this is easy to attempt with some Mastodon servers. | ||
| ▲ | estimator7292 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
> This isn't the world of BBSes where everyone had a corner or two that they hung out on. That's exactly what Mastodon is. The whole reason mastodon exists is because a whole lot of people wanted exactly this experience. Mastodon won't win because they aren't playing. Which again, is the whole point. It's extremely deliberate and intentional. People use mastodon because the "game" is abhorrent and objectively extremely bad for people individually and society as a whole. So mastodon eschews the gamification and like farming and fake notifications. One of the most common jokes throughout the whole network is "wow, this post blew up and is doing Real Numbers" and the post has like ten boosts and twenty likes. It's extremely rare to see more than a couple hundred notes on any one post. It's on purpose. Mastodon users like and actively want it to be this way. | ||
| ▲ | krapp 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
>This isn't the world of BBSes where everyone had a corner or two that they hung out on. Yes it is. It literally is. If we want to do that we can just do that. The internet is not a zero-sum game. We don't have to play to "win." >I don't think another decen-HN is likely to take off or break into other self organizing segments even though this is easy to attempt with some Mastodon servers. The only reason HN is popular is its connections to Silicon Valley and startup culture. It didn't really carve out a niche so much as succesfully create and market an image. Without that it isn't anything remarkable, and there are already tons of technically-focused communities on the fediverse. | ||