Absolutely.
The internet has become basically a handful of sites on which people share these sites' publications It's become some kind of meta feedback loop.
cyborganism
joined 1 year ago
/r/menslib
It became a god damn misogynist shit show.
A very interesting article. There are some valid arguments to let Meta join the fediverse, even if I disagree with them doing so.
Getting people to leave Facebook for another platform when all their family and friends are on there is an extremely difficult task. God knows I've tried. With Twitter it was easier since Elon Musk has been continuously fucking up the service and being an openly ignorant and intolerant asshat and playing god with everyone's accounts. People quickly sought alternatives and soon found Mastodon.
Recently the same thing happened with Reddit, but it was much softer. Redditors aren't so keen on letting go of their decade-old high-karma accounts and all the saved discussions and comments and the overall increasing popularity of the service in the media. You kind of feel like you're part of something big, whereas with Lemmy or Kbin it still feels like a very young underground community without any attention.
And I hate to say it, but Diaspora, which is the alternative to Facebook, really hasn't taken off at all, sadly. It needs to be brought back to the forefront along with Mastodon, Lemmy and KBin.
And I'm running out of patience with these companies who think they own the internet and act like they can do whatever they want.
I've already stopped using Facebook and Twitter, and frankly I don't care about leaving Reddit. It had become such a toxic place anyway.
I feel that because KBin/Lemmy is new, people tend to be more positive and optimistic and helpful.