maybe, just maybe, develop some in-person relationships with the people in your immediate social circle/geographic area. it worked really well up until around 30 years ago.
A long way to say “go touch grass”
But yes, death of monolithic social media companies would be a good thing on many levels both individual, societal and political level. Especially the American social media media monopoly ending would be such a excellent thing. It has been as controlling over the world as the dollar or US military.
The Verge is full of it to be honest, overly long and intricate articles.
Feels like they swallowed a dictionary and get paid per word nowdays.
Feels like they swallowed a dictionary and get paid per word nowdays
that’s literally how it works.
I mean. I met my wife 23 years ago so some of us were still getting out and about. I mean 30 years ago was the 90’s. Heck it was 93 and im not even sure aol was going yet or if you had to be on prodigy (or be at a college or presumably the military)
So I keep saying that humans have evolved in small communities, and that’s where we thrive. But I also loved the global Reddit community. This is just crazy how you can just reach anything and anyone with one login. I guess Twitter was similar, just… Shittier?
Kinda how I feel. I think it’s probably bad to be subjected to what everyone is thinking all the time, particularly when paired with anonymity. But… I liked it. Not gonna lie, when I hit the end of my Lemmy feed I still load up reddit in the browser. But it’s already gotten so much less useful, it’s crazy! The blackouts have really fucked it up as far as looking up information via reddit. As well it should, fuck them for ruining a good (or at least decent?) thing. But it was always nice having so much of the internet in one place.
When life gives you lemons, make Lemmy nade
As far as the fediverse not being “ready”, I certainly feel like it’s ready for me. But of course we’re talking personally. I definitely agree it’s not ready for users looking for the easiest route to log in and have everything be ready and easy and setup for them.
I’m stoked right now, I feel like I’m in high school screwing around on the internet again!
My progression: Alien Blue > Apollo > Lemmy (WefWef). Happy to be here now and seeing it grow quickly. Told everyone I know that used Apollo to come join. Feels good to be here!
