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.

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Also, there is no central power that has to make the line go up. I remember reddit like before 2014 and that was much like here in many ways (in an older kind of way, more racism and smut), but they just had to shoehorn in moar users more and more and more, and forbid any troublesome subs (while leaving other troublesome ones ofc.).

So IMO there is a real difference, we cannot grow too big or we'd just split off into new entities.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 day ago

This is how I see it. If fedi proper becomes mainstream then us old heads will just recreate the old fedi and guard who we federate with very closely.

Most people aren't here for commerce, so I think it makes sense to keep some areas aggressively social only.

Malls versus parks or libraries kind of thing.