This has come to mind because all the chatter about Meta federating.

I see a lot of people saying they’d love to have that type of content here when Meta federates, and that those will be the best instances because they will have the most content, but they will still be accessible without compromising their privacy.

I truly don’t get this.

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.

If you want mass-produced trendy content, please, consume it elsewhere, and when you are inevitably fed up, then come here and enjoy the slow-paced, real community.

PD: I hope this doesn’t come across as wall-keeping (or however it’s said lol), It’s my honest opinion.

  • Rottcodd@kbin.social
    21·
    1 year ago

    I agree completely.

    I recently compared it to sitting in a comfortable little cafe that serves delicious food and looking around and saying, “Gee, I wish this was a McDonalds.”

    It just doesn’t even begin to make sense to me.

    And I’m with you - gatekeeping or no - anyone who wants Twitter or Reddit or Facebook content can already go to Twitter or Reddit or Facebook to get it, and that’s exactly what they should do.

    • Poggervania@kbin.social
      02·
      1 year ago

      That’s what had me confused at first when people were leaving Reddit but going “bRiNg ReDdIt CoNtEnT oVeR aNd DeLeTe ReDdIt!” and using the whole “we need content” as a reason.

      Like, if y’all want content from social media platforms… use those social media platforms. In my mind’s eye, I see the Fediverse as more of an old-school forum where people can make any forum for specific communities, not as a content-vomiting platform.

  • people_are_cute@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    I agree thoroughly. The main reason me, you, and the majority of people moved here was to catch a break from the barrage of monotonic, brain-rotting content on mainstream platforms.

  • revs@feddit.ukEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I would guess it’s because this is supposed to be an open standard. Anyone should be allowed to use it.

    Imagine if gmail users could only email other gmail users. If email servers didn’t all talk to each other. This is similar.

    If Threads uses ActivityPub then it should be available.

    But I completely get the Embrace, Extend, Extinguish fear.

    Edit: I guess thread is more suited to mastodon, not Lemmy, but same argument