well… I see it this way: we all thought reddit would turn into the new digg, but it didn’t. digg only lasted for, what? 6 years before the 4.0 meltdown/exodus? Reddit survived 18 goddamned years though scandal and meltdown after disaster and thrived because of what it evolved Into, because of its community. it took a knife to the back of it and a flamethrower to the mod teams of the biggest subs themselves to finally kill the fucker by driving everyone away.
this third iteration, lemmy is, once again structured differently, evolved to avoid the weaknesses of the previous systems. how it will grow, how communities will evolve, what it will ultimately become, and how long it will last is anyone’s guess. but I’m excited to see it and glad to be a part of it.
yeah it’s definitely full of potential. i’m pretty hopeful about its direction but I worry that there needs to be some major shift in order to keep from being just a new reddit. i suppose you could say federation is that shift but the (unfounded imo) confusion around that makes it seem like more of a burden sometimes.
anyway i really enjoyed the start and end of this chat. I really do have to go to bed though, so i’ll say goodnight again and actually mean it.
people will adjust to federation and what it means just like they adjust to what social aggregation was when people joined digg and when they adjusted to the paradigm of segmented communities when the moved to reddit. it’s the social evolution of independent online communities, and it’s fascinating to watch it grow organically.
well… I see it this way: we all thought reddit would turn into the new digg, but it didn’t. digg only lasted for, what? 6 years before the 4.0 meltdown/exodus? Reddit survived 18 goddamned years though scandal and meltdown after disaster and thrived because of what it evolved Into, because of its community. it took a knife to the back of it and a flamethrower to the mod teams of the biggest subs themselves to finally kill the fucker by driving everyone away.
this third iteration, lemmy is, once again structured differently, evolved to avoid the weaknesses of the previous systems. how it will grow, how communities will evolve, what it will ultimately become, and how long it will last is anyone’s guess. but I’m excited to see it and glad to be a part of it.
yeah it’s definitely full of potential. i’m pretty hopeful about its direction but I worry that there needs to be some major shift in order to keep from being just a new reddit. i suppose you could say federation is that shift but the (unfounded imo) confusion around that makes it seem like more of a burden sometimes.
anyway i really enjoyed the start and end of this chat. I really do have to go to bed though, so i’ll say goodnight again and actually mean it.
people will adjust to federation and what it means just like they adjust to what social aggregation was when people joined digg and when they adjusted to the paradigm of segmented communities when the moved to reddit. it’s the social evolution of independent online communities, and it’s fascinating to watch it grow organically.
I’m pleased this ended well. have a good night.