I have never been an "online community first" person. The internet is how I stay in touch with people I met in real life. I'm not a "tweet comments at celebrities" guy. I was never funny enough to be the funniest person on Twitter. So when Twitter was accidentally purchased

It became the only reliable source of information I had. People posted links with a minimal amount of commentary, picking and choosing the best content from other social media networks. They’re not doing it to “build a brand” because that’s not a thing in the Fediverse. It’s too disjointed to be a place to build a newsletter subscription base.

  • fossilesque@mander.xyzEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    People are more likely to participate if you are. :) But if the space exists, natural discovery can happen too. You do not have to do much more than open the conversation.

    • IMALlama@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 hour ago

      I generally agree with activite communities being a self reinforcing feedback loop. That said, one of the challenges federation creates is fragmentation for “the same” community across multiple instances. As a result, each community appears relatively inactive as they’re all vying for engagement with each other.

      • dogzilla@masto.deluma.biz
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        56 minutes ago

        @IMALlama @fediverse Is this bad? Seems like this lets the “best” community rise to the top, for whatever definition of “best” the community chooses. Otherwise you start interfering with freedoms and setting a judge to decide what communities “should” be