So, I got curious and set my feed to all. Wow, there a lot of arguments about defederation due to the Beehaw decision. Many Many people positing on “the death of Reddit” and the refugee crisis. I get some of the concerns about moderation and ideology but the amount of navelgazing is unreal. Ill just stick to local for a bit until things settle down.
So, how are you finding the big, wide fediverse outside of our pleasant little pocket? With all of the thinkpieces being posted about how Lemmy is never going to work, I wanted to see some fresh takes from the good folk at midwest.social.
The stuff about Reddit dying and Lemmy not working is hopefully just popping off because it’s at the front of our minds. Most of us are brand new here, most of us came from Reddit, and every new bit of drama (landed gentry, etc.) has a weird personal element associated. Fingers crossed that the dust settles.
And I don’t really even understand what people mean when they say Lemmy “won’t work.” What is that even supposed to mean? I’m typing to you lot right now. I’ve been making [kinda] friends since I arrived. I’m learning a new way to engage with online communities. Feels like it’s working to me.
I’m sure what they really mean is that Lemmy won’t replace Reddit. So? The intense desire to brute force Lemmy, Kbin, Tildes, Squabbles, etc. into Reddit #2 makes me feel tired.
The internet is big, and it can have more than one website on it. What is the urgency to replicate Reddit here or anywhere else? Folks are talking about this whole thing like it’s some competition that somebody needs to win, which I cannot relate to at all.
Yeah, I hear you! I joined because I left reddit. This is different. That’s OK! Yes people may miss what they had. They may enjoy what they can create here too.
Thinking back… talking to friends on AOL IM, blogging on Diaryland, discussing music on last.fm (still do this one!), shitposting on forums, and reading news on BoingBoing all at the same time was never really a thing that needed to be consolidated into one place and I feel like we lost something by trying to do that.