Hi all. I’m Dan. You can message me on Matrix @danhakimi:matrix.org, or follow me on Mastodon at @danhakimi.

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Cake day: June 30th, 2023
  • danhakimi@kbin.socialtoFediverse@lemmy.world•I don't get people that are here in the fediverse and *want to bring over* the content that is on FB, IG, TikTok, etc.
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    1 year ago

    I’m not here for mass-produced content, if I wanted that, I’d be in other platforms. The beauty of these communities is they are not filled with posts that are all the same, algorithms and bots. It’s just a community of real people having conversations.

    The problem with the fediverse is that it’s not really filled with posts at all. Maybe the Tech or Random magazines, if that’s what you’re looking for, but if you want to talk about cars or suits or model trains or whatever, you’ll be lucky if you see one post across the fediverse in a month. Niches are empty, because most people here mostly have one interest in common, which is the fediverse itself.

    Conversely, the value of large-scale social media, and the theoretical ideal of the fediverse, lies in positive network effects. You’re into some obscure Japanese manga only four people who speak English have ever read? odds are, three of those people are on reddit, and you might find them. Looking for a review on a bootmaker you saw at the thrift store? Go to /r/goodyearwelt, there will be twelve threads about it, none of them sponsored or anything, diving way too deep into details you never could have imagined wanting to know.

    But right now, look through lemmy.world or whatever, and tell me:

    • What are some good anime? Some good Shonen anime? Some good non-Shonen anime? An anime that represents trans issues well?
    • Where is a good place to get a suit under $400? In the US? In Europe? What’s the difference between Huntsman and Edward Sexton’s cuts?
    • What’s a good recipe for a cake? What about a salad? How do you deflame a red onion?
    • Who is the vice president of the United States? Who is the secretary of state? Who is the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office?

    Trivial questions, right? Most of them haven’t come up here at all. Reddit is a massive corpus of knowledge, answering questions way more obscure than these, with enough people around to answer whatever question you might have in a variety of niche communities. People want that on a service they can trust.

    I don’t think many people want more tools to talk to strangers about nothing. Scale gives rise to better conversations and interactions in niche areas.