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IMO that's being too fanatic. I love FOSS, but you don't have to use FOSS for absolutely everything. Making a FOSS product does not mean you need to use FOSS for everything. And sometimes the closed source options are simply the best. Eg, GitHub and Discord are widely considered the best options in their field.
Also, at least before Twitter became such a shitty alt-right shit hole, many FOSS products did have twitter accounts! That's just part of promoting your product and providing an alternative place to contact and discuss. Eg, when Reddit went down, I'd usually check their twitter to get updates on it.
Librewolf moved to Codeberg a few weeks ago, so I guess there are still alternatives.
As said elsewhere, Mozilla uses Matrix.
Following that logic, why do we bother using Lemmy in the first place? We could just go back to Reddit, using revanced apps with personal API keys, and call it a day.
They did, but then Twitter went to shit. Reddit was fine, until it went to shit. If the Piped project were to use a subreddit instead of !piped@feddit.rocks , wouldn't that be a missed opportunity too? FOSS project should support each other, otherwise it questions their existence in the first place. Why would other organisations and companies bother with the FOSS alternatives if FOSS projects themselves don't?
I mean, I'm only here cause reddit sucks and I wanted to see if Lemmy has a different atmosphere. So far it does. Too bad its kinda dead around here.
Enjoy your stay! It's quieter indeed
yeah I was hoping for more interaction. I'm still digging for communities that have my interests too.
What are your interests?
I watch a lot of old tv and I see communities here for that but they seem to lean towards newer media - reddit has all kinds of niche subs that get traffic and interaction for the stuff I like. Unfortunately its not worth it to be there for it cause so many people are there to just troll/make things difficult for people.
I also like make up and J-fashion. I saw no communities for either and the closest I saw was a goth community which isn't geared towards the fashion, but the music side of it.
Really like having local communities too. I'm in Portland, OR which has several sub reddits - but there are communities here that seem to get no interaction, just posts with links.
Also artwork, I'm an artist and looked around at the art communities here. Nothing really stood out. It seems to be reposting other people's art or just art that doesn't fit on other sites so nothing that I actually like, where as I have to get that mostly on tumblr anyway. That's the only place I seem to find artwork I enjoy and fanart. I'm really shocked there isn't a fanart community here. I supposed I could start one but then I run the risk of reposting artwork and needing to credit everytime and the inevitable risk of me just posting and no interactions. (if you're not familiar, some artists don't like reposts even if they are credited for it)
When I use the lemmy explorer, I find a lot of communities like that too. Seems to be one or two people posting, no posts get comments.
There's also radio shows and podcasts I listen to and I don't see any communities for those either but I think those are like some really niche interests of mine and I was shocked that Phil Hendrie had a sub reddit even, the guy is so unheard of.
I guess not liking mainstream stuff is really shooting me in the foot but like, I can't help what I like?
I see. It is indeed a bittoo niche for the moment, we are still early on the platform and userbase growth.
I had more mainstream communities like !personalfinance@lemmy.ml !casualconversation@lemmy.world and !parenting@lemmy.world but that's a complete different area
I have been looking into the ask and casual chat communities because I do see those getting regular activity! So those are good suggestions too.
I should maybe look into starting communities then because I do have some content I could contribute for things like fashion and make up at least.
There is !skincareaddiction@sh.itjust.works that you can maybe post to!
I know how it sounds but even though I'm into make up- I never really got into skincare or having a routine of any kind.
I guess they wouldn't probably mind, as the community could use the extra activity.
That could be a way to identify people interested in make up, and then open a dedicated community once you get enough traction
you make really good points! I did join too
yeah. I think about contributing to content but I also see a lot of what seems like people just posting links and media into the void.
Git, sure, I sold them here anybody complain about it, and get literally is the host for most FOSS, so supporting it isn't exactly hurting the cause. But suggesting Discord is the best depends on how you're judging that criteria. Best for who? Admins or users?
Moreover, if we're going to start getting into the nitty gritty about what the "best" options are in any field, then FOSS dies in most cases. Volunteers simply cannot compete with a bunch of paid developers, but they will do their best.
Plex, for example, blows Jellyfin out of the water in terms of polish and simplicity. If you're judging best on how easy it is, and how likely it is the average person's going to run into issues, Plex beats its FOSS competition by a mile. But that's not the whole story, is it? That doesn't take the enshitification factor into account, or the fact that forces you to pay for certain things that your computer is effectively doing on its own.
But the other thing to remember is that what truly kills FOSS is people just simply not supporting it. The more you use these established, centralized, biggest names, the further you entrench them, and the harder it becomes for any serious alternative to justify its existence.