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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[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 13 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I disagree. It's easy if you want to use a community as your personal blog without any interaction from others. It's hard to get an actual community running.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 5 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

People are more likely to participate if you are. :) But if the space exists, natural discovery can happen too. You do not have to do much more than open the conversation.

[–] IMALlama@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I generally agree with activite communities being a self reinforcing feedback loop. That said, one of the challenges federation creates is fragmentation for "the same" community across multiple instances. As a result, each community appears relatively inactive as they're all vying for engagement with each other.

[–] dogzilla@masto.deluma.biz 3 points 19 hours ago

@IMALlama @fediverse Is this bad? Seems like this lets the “best” community rise to the top, for whatever definition of “best” the community chooses. Otherwise you start interfering with freedoms and setting a judge to decide what communities “should” be

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 points 15 hours ago

That's ok though, this place is a slow burn.