Rushkoff would say well social media is like the missionaries, when they leave, next comes AI, the conquistadors for the kill.
So where are we all supposed to go now?
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Re: So where are we all supposed to go now?
#12Someone maintains a list on Gist, https://gist.github.com/zpangwin/8be46c8314d3288504f13863d9f... It's quite a bit of federated stuff in there, but some "decent" links too. The problem is that I can spin up a phpBB instance and create an IRC channel, but are you going to come? It's a rhetorical question. For it to even work there needs to be a cause, otherwise you're sitting like ducks waiting for some cool shit to h…
Gigantic listicles that we bookmark and never revisit.
The better way to do this, is have a recommendation that is solid to make further recommendations more interesting.....
So to test this, I clicked on the first link where there was a poll and found
Then I checked out subreddits that I'd visit, and they actually had a community. And I didn't need an email to sign up.
Then I commented on a thread, checked to see if it appeared in incognito. It did.
Well let me eat my words, that is a good list.
So... I guess I am eating my words
Re: So where are we all supposed to go now?
#13Someone maintains a list on Gist, https://gist.github.com/zpangwin/8be46c8314d3288504f13863d9f... It's quite a bit of federated stuff in there, but some "decent" links too. The problem is that I can spin up a phpBB instance and create an IRC channel, but are you going to come? It's a rhetorical question. For it to even work there needs to be a cause, otherwise you're sitting like ducks waiting for some cool shit to h…
To be honest, the ability to effortlessly repel Zoomers strikes me as a feature, not a bug.
I don't see what this has to do with Zoomers, to be honest.
If we're going to bring up generations, I'm a millennial who basically grew up on IRC and vBulletin forums.
In fact, I'm still a fairly active participant in IRC, and I am definitely one in a vBulletin based board for a certain car.
But I vastly prefer the experience of having a central place of communities like Reddit for all its problems.
Moderation system tends to be consistent, you don't get random changes by negligent administrators adding full screen ads that can get past ad blockers, knowledge/discussion isn't ephemeral like it is on IRC (sure you can log but not everyone likes or wants to for various reasons).
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#14Having been a vigorous Discord user for years: Discord sucks. Its so time inefficient (yet engaging) that I had to delete the apps from my phone and desktop for my own sake. And don't even get me started on the difficulty of actually finding niche information.
The Discord UX alone keeps me off it. Slack has the superior interface but with the Salesforce acquisition, I doubt it'll last for long. They've already snuffed out several communities' utility with their pricing plans.
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#15Outside. There's even a nice blue ceiling (or, for British users, a nice grey ceiling)
Outside has a killer graphics card and zero lag.
Re: So where are we all supposed to go now?
#16Someone maintains a list on Gist, https://gist.github.com/zpangwin/8be46c8314d3288504f13863d9f... It's quite a bit of federated stuff in there, but some "decent" links too. The problem is that I can spin up a phpBB instance and create an IRC channel, but are you going to come? It's a rhetorical question. For it to even work there needs to be a cause, otherwise you're sitting like ducks waiting for some cool shit to h…
To be honest, the ability to effortlessly repel Zoomers strikes me as a feature, not a bug.
We are already doing it. We are becoming the old dudes making fun of the next generation. Right on time.
Better to say things like: Young people are too idealistic or have a different sense of humor.
They learn from us, not the other way around.
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#17I still enjoy twitter, I find its death greatly exaggerated.
Other than the rate limit issue this past Saturday I haven't really had any problems with it. I still self-curate who I follow with follow lists. I still get to be involved in baseball discussions with friends who have stuck it out there. I'm also able to continue following a large Japanese car community, especially friends I've made when visiting for that hobby.
It's still a very useful place to be. You just have to do some work sometimes (follow lists, mute/blocklist words/phrases, etc.) to keep yourself more isolated from things you don't want to see.
Re: So where are we all supposed to go now?
#18I still enjoy twitter, I find its death greatly exaggerated.
If you want to follow domestic US politics/rage bait, I imagine you are having a good time.
After the facebook stuff of 2016-2020, I went to twitter trying to avoid ragebait, it was there too.
Its not dead, its just not helpful. You get way better stuff from individual subreddits. You get even better stuff reading a non-fiction book. Reddit's app suggests rage-bait which is why its become so bad.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
To be honest, the ability to effortlessly repel Zoomers strikes me as a feature, not a bug.
We are already doing it. We are becoming the old dudes making fun of the next generation. Right on time. Better to say things like: Young people are too idealistic or have a different sense of humor. They learn from us, not the other way around.
I don't want to make fun of them, I just have no desire to socialize with them. I frankly think it's weirder to be a man in his 40's who wants to spend their digital day with 17 year olds.