dukethorion 7 points 3 years ago

I wish it didn't take a system/site/service imploding to get people to try something new.

MySpace got silly, enter FB. Twitter gets Musked, Mastodon finally takes off after years of not. Reddit nukes their own service, Etc.

Not that bad projects shouldn't die off, but it's always a reactionary move for the masses, rather than a proactive "let's try this new thing because it might be better".

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sina 6 points 3 years ago

I think Reddit is an outlier in the sense that until now it has been a good service with fairly minor flaws.

FB is totally garbage and had been that for many years now and yet people are not seeking alternatives, maybe because that kind of social media is not that interesting anymore to the types that would care.

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Obi 5 points 3 years ago

It's definitely been going downhill but by choosing good subreddits and using a 3rd party app that strips out all the new "features" it was still usable. Now it won't be usable.

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animist 1 point 3 years ago

@sina @dukethorion FB is for lazy boomers who are too scared of anything truly technological

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francis 1 point 3 years ago

I've recently returned to Facebook after many years away from it specifically for some local outdoors groups (lots of good posts there about local trail conditions, good training routes, what stores have/offer X, etc). I keep the blinders on and avoid the main News Feed, and it's been fine. It might be just me, but the idea of having super localized communities on Facebook makes more sense compared to somewhere else like Reddit.

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cavemeat 3 points 3 years ago

Many people won't rock the boat (or even think og doing it) if the current thing is sufficient. Luckly, it seems that, with time, all monitized, centralized platforms inevitably fail.

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greatwhitebuffalo41 2 points 3 years ago

In my own defense, I had literally never heard of Lemmy until yesterday. Maybe I'm just following the wrong things on reddit though haha

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dukethorion 2 points 3 years ago

I am also usually in the same boat.

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