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It is indeed refreshing. But not sure how long it will last.
By now, we've all been around the internet long enough to know that good things never last. That's really life: Everything's impermanent. Lemmy will probably suck someday, as will much of the fediverse. But I'm grateful it's good right now and for the foreseeable future.
It could suck someday, but it doesn't suffer from the same things that made myspace -> facebook -> reddit suck. No money hungry executives profiting off underpaying employees to implement features no one asked for and selling astroturfing as a service. At least it doesn't seem that there's astroturfing as a service here yet.
You're right. The fediverse is definitely in a better position to ward off the suck.
I think that's going to be the key difference. You can destroy something good, but to really destroy it takes an executive.
We didn't think those things would suck initially either. Facebook was amazing around 2004 - 2006 before it opened up to the general public.
I don't think I know a single person who ever thought Facebook was "amazing"... Even back then.
Before it opened up to the general public, we used it to organize parties, share photos without concern, and keep in touch with friends that went to other colleges. There wasn't anything else like it.
I have hope that as the big corporations enter the Fediverse and start enshittifying it, some of us can sneak off to new instances that just don't federate with them. Then the masses can enjoy their Meta-branded Fediverse, and the tech bros can make their money from it, while the rest of us carry on quietly in a parallel one.
Let's hope it keeps that glimmer!
I'm realizing that a few weeks ago I wanted a lot of people to flock to Lemmy and away from Reddit. At this point I just don't think about Reddit anymore and find myself hoping Lemmy doesn't get too popular because of everything that comes with that (trolls, meme posters, bots)
Just wait until September... ;)
The flood will eventually come
Haha, I was around then, when AOL got big it was like, well there goes the neighborhood.
We're not all trapped in the same building anymore. You can just move to a different instance and still have the same software experience but with the community you prefer.