Some will cheer, some will be mildly disappointed. But I’m out, I think.

  • Syndication@lemmy.today
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    17 days ago

    Uhh why would any social media website not like engagement? Especially a smaller one too. Red flag right there. I think I’m going to stick to Lemmy and avoid PieFed for now.

    Please don’t leave though. I hate Reddit, FB and all the rest. Where do you plan on going? This is the only platforn that I feel safe enough to use and get my content from. I don’t know what I’d do do without the fediverse or people like you who have the energy/motivation to keep making posts for us to enjoy! :(

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      Sometimes there’s only so many hours in a day. And so ultimately you have to make a choice whether that goes into moderation and maintenance, or development. Also remember that the fediverse isn’t generally paid to be run and addict more and more people. It’s a service for those who want to use it. Many of which don’t pay but give their participation.

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        I wonder if that will become a problem eventually - the few larger, better funded instances sponging up users from smaller ones that need to limit themselves, somewhat centralizing the fediverse.

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          Thankfully the way it’s designed there isn’t exactly a lot of reason to do that. As long as the contents are accessible from the instance I’m on and they don’t have me blocked etc. Then what does it matter if I’m on said instance? As long as the instance itself does what I need?

          In Pug’s case they are a mass moderator and poster. Which for them presents different difficulties. Difficulties in both growing and feeding the community etc. Very different from the average user.

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          Though with a difference that multiple centers exist, rather than exclusively one.

          Also for those of us in the USA there are so many other life-threatening additional considerations to add: e.g. if we join Piefed.ca then what happens when the USA decides to invade Canada, so either communication gets cut off or people who use this social media get rounded up onto a convention camp?