Cal
I know some things.
I’d like to post things, but are the communities, instances or whatever superagressive if you “Post the wrong thing to the wrong place TM”, even by accident or misunderstanding? I stopped contributing to Reddit because of it.
And can the post-box be at the top of the page, before comments instead of at the bottom?
I have no clever thing to say except it seems Spez is, without joking or being mean, clinically insane.
The dedicated content creator userbase is long gone, and it shows. The casual content creator is leaving. The lurker and occasional poster will have nothing to read, except the thinly veiled ads pretending to be organic posts. It’s quickly becoming a digital wasteland. Fun to digg through maybe, just like we leaf through an old book sometimes.
As long as capitalism rules the world it’s inevitable that free or mostly alturistic projects will fail. Unless you have a wealthy benefactor or find other sources of income.
The original Flattr was a good idea, but the non-success and shutdown shows that people are absolutely not interested in donating without getting something in return.
The original Reddit gold, although flawed, was a good way to support a platform and show appreciation to a certain contributor.
Maybe a similar system can be implemented where the owners and maintainers get a small cut each time a “gold” is bought and given? But then the question becomes, who will administer that…
Crypto/token-based incentives in any form will likely fail because of value speculation.
Perhaps voluntary paid subscription is the right way to go? Get a nice acknowlegement on your profile, and the ability to double upvote a limited number of posts and users? Perhaps access to advanced (own)user statistics? Customizable interface? Templates? Basically cosmetic DLC with a couple of perks.
I like board. Communities is too long, and coms sound like communication which armies use, magazines/mags is a bit odd and may be mistaken with the obvious gun reference. Forum is like the pre digg forums (like hardforum.com).
Travel light. Be early. Be polite. Bring a box of chocolates for the crew. Say please and thank you.
Oh wow. This looks eerily similar to the Digg exodus. Oh the memories.
That’s a good thing about Fediverse. Anyone can create their own instance and recreate the board/community/magazine there. Nobody needs to be under the thumb of some sore mod.
We just need a well maintained core and installer so anyone, anywhere can get an instance going.
That’s how I understand it anyway, please correct me if I’m wrong.