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How did we move from forums to Reddit, Facebook groups, and Discord? (dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 months ago by db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/28930199

A bit of an effortpost :)

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[-] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 38 points 2 months ago

People prefer centralization, and it makes sense. The Fediverse resolves most of the issues with decentralization, but so does centralization, which came way sooner, and arguably did it better.

Also, people seem to forget that Facebook was pretty cool back then. It had superior features, and was not the buggy mess it is today.

[-] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 months ago

Mostly FB wasn’t a trove of far right shit and it was before a lot of the scandals pointing out to what extent our data is sold.

[-] Lennny@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Sure, when only the educated could join it.

[-] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Maybe because I'm not from an English speaking culture that I don't see the far right stuff

[-] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Anything big enough becomes a public restroom. Cooperation and syncronization between groups small enough not to devolve in that way seems to be an especially promising path forward.