On big commercial social media, people think the websites they are on are a big deal: opinions you share there, people you interact with, engagement you receive. It must matter SO MUCH to them - especially to influencers who earn some money from it.
Well, commercial Web is an obvious fodder to the Fedi but what about other alternative social spaces? These small, timy websites with barely any activity on them… there’s no place for such delusions. They aren’t changing the world and they know it.
Fediverse, in comparison… oof. You see, it is the Future. If We succeed, the Evil will be defeated. The whole world depends on the few people who ended up on here. It is a quiet place now but it will inevitably become the most popular thing. The Year of Linux Fediverse is any day now!
This feel of self-importance and superiority leads to the level of drama almost on-par with the corporate socials which is highly unusual in such small online spaces, at least in my experience.
I wish my experience with Masto&Co could be as peaceful. Back when I joined it there was a devastating drama between multiple trans instances that led to a mass defederation from one particular instance. One of my mutuals was on it, they didn’t know about the drama and I was too busy with IRL stuff to warn them about incoming defederation. Being cut-off like this wasn’t pleasant at all.
That’s interesting. My only experiences are with English internet as well as my native language with the latter being so awful that I learned English just to escape that circus. I suppose English internet is in hell right now because of the US primarily. Maybe I should consider learning a new language :D