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But I don't want the fediverse to become mainstream!!
I know, I know, most people think it's the best thing.
But I selfishly prefer the fediverse to be as it is now. Actually, as it was a couple of months ago. Lemmy is already being filled with rage-baiting bullshit, which is one of the reasons I decided to leave reddit.
I am 100% with you. Becoming mainstream is what ruins most good communities that end up ruined. Hell, even Facebook was a 1000x better before they opened it to non-college users.
It really depends on the instance. There are many cozy, non-mainstream corners on the Fediverse. For instance, beehaw.org is as pleasant as can be.
Just because the Fediverse is mainstream doesn't mean that the content on every instance is mainstream; instances can display content however they like. It really is rather selfish to say that you want everyone to stay in the corporate walled gardens just so that you can enjoy your unfiltered feed.
Adding more people would dilute some of the excessively frequent ragebait posters…
It’s like the same 2-3 dozen people.
Good to know. I'll start blocking, then.
Have you been on Facebook (or Xhitter) recently? Where "recent" is defined as "within the past decade or so".
Yes, but the point you're trying to make doesn't make sense. The content subscription model for both of these are completely different.
On Twitter (erm, I bounced shortly after the X shenanigans...) you subscribed to people and mostly saw tweets of people you follow, and the tweets they re-tweet, so it's heavily individual-curated.
On Facebook you "subscribe" to people and groups. Because your feed is mixed between people and group posts, you're still getting a mostly-curated feed from friends, with algorithmic posts from groups. In the last few years they started blending in posts from groups/pages you aren't in if your feed doesn't have much content.
Lemmy is entirely different. You only subscribe to communities. The curation is moderation style and upvotes. Individual people can guarantee their way into everyone's feed by posting to the most active communities.