r/Fediverse

Why switch from reddit or twitter to fediverse alternatives (or matrix)

Hey, so I’m an avid, and recent user of reddit. I like to read posts and comment on stuff especially about open source (not just FOSS or FLOSS) ,and privacy. the only thing stopping me from switching from reddit (I don’t use Twitter, I just have a 3 year old account that I have never used, and just recently gained access to. just because I didn’t like it was tied to an old email address.) ,and that is the lack of content. I just really like to have a lot of content on specific stuff, so I have been wondering if my worries were not well-founded, and if that wasn’t really an issue for my use case.
https://www.reddit.com/r/fediverse/comments/1vxzfg5/why_switch_from_reddit_or_twitter_to_fediverse/

At 25 replies it wound up being an interesting, generally thoughtful thread from what I could tell. And like an angry mother hen, I tried to do my own part: 😅

No reason to switch unless you like talking to yourself. The fediverse is a ghost town and you’ll quickly be bored with the lack of posts or comments on posts.

Sad but true.

agree as someone who used to be on fediverse

There’s always shit like this (and always gonna be, most likely), so I tried to keep it civil:

This is just nonsense that doesn’t help anyone. The reality is that curation of your feeds, subscriptions and such is more important on the FV due to its naturally smaller size. You also pick up exposure there more easily as a content creator, since communities are more visible to ALL streams.

The Fediverse has its ins, outs and complications, and isn’t a full replacement for Reddit yet, but it’s certainly not a “ghost town” if you have a reasonable amount of different interests and put the work in.

Anyway, it’s pretty cool to me that there’s a reasonably pro-FV presence on Reddit, perhaps with many of the folks here doing double-duty, so to speak? I mean, not so long ago I seem to recall the Fediverse being slammed pretty hard at that *very* sub. (zoiks!)

So yeah, how the turn-tables, eh…?

  • Auster@thebrainbin.org
    4·
    23 days ago

    And about being a “ghost town”, if you want #engagement, you need to engage yourself. Drop comments on topic with posts you see over the #fediverse, and people may start replying. The more you do, the more likely someone is to reply.