Federation makes sense for a Twitter replacement. Not so much for a Reddit replacement. I get the feeling that we are at an end to the experiment. Eventually, people will realize that we cannot replace Reddit with a Fediverse based solution.
So many instances block Hexbear and others. We are well on the path of creating separated communities, just with the added headache of having to police federation. Not to mention the problem of power users and out-of-control mods, which federation makes worse rather than solving them.
Ultimately, I think a real Reddit replacement will have to think hard about fixing the fundamental problems of this form of social media, rather than attempting to use buzzwords or cool new ideas.
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They posted today on !dach@feddit.de that they were organizing to retake this.
I wish them good luck, and I hope they succeeded. Feddit.UK was also there a few months ago, hopefully people like @Emperor@feddit.uk took over
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This is called the “bus factor”. Any instance run by a single admin is extremely fragile.
That’s why reliable servers have more than one single admin.
I guess we should educate more about that, actually I was surprised that feddit.de was run by a single person
Federation makes sense for a Twitter replacement. Not so much for a Reddit replacement. I get the feeling that we are at an end to the experiment. Eventually, people will realize that we cannot replace Reddit with a Fediverse based solution.
Why not? Having a look at Hexbear and Lemmy.ml, I think they are good examples why instances are good.
Blahaj comes up as another example
So many instances block Hexbear and others. We are well on the path of creating separated communities, just with the added headache of having to police federation. Not to mention the problem of power users and out-of-control mods, which federation makes worse rather than solving them.
Ultimately, I think a real Reddit replacement will have to think hard about fixing the fundamental problems of this form of social media, rather than attempting to use buzzwords or cool new ideas.
We might, but compared to what it was when those very distinct group of people stumbled upon each other, it wasn’t really pleasant either.
A potential scenario might be a few groups of federated servers
And I guess it’s okay. People can move their subscriptions in two clicks anyway, it’s easy to change instances
Again, that doesn’t solve any of the fundamental problems of a Reddit-clone.
Anyways, our opinions don’t matter. If I’m right, the communities we’re on will quietly fade away.
Which problems are you thinking about? Network effect? Echo chamber due to voting system?