First all the bs with Twitter and Elon, then Reddit having an exodus to Lemmy (not complaining lol), then Twitch. Are we like, in an alternate self healing dimension or something?

  • jmp242
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    2 years ago

    Maybe because I came up in the much older web, I just don’t really get this at all. How are people getting exposed to other communities in reddit other than people linking or saying they exist or googling them or searching on reddit? All things that work exactly the same on Slashdot, or the fediverse, or forums. I’ve never had reddit tell me about a different sub I should join (and I think I’m glad about that).

    I never used twitter, couldn’t see how it would be possible - it always prevented me from seeing content without joining, and I don’t typically join sites I don’t know if I even want to be a part of. And the ultra short posts made it useless to me anyway - no actual information there and ultra short “sound bites” that I don’t need more of.

    And being beholden to one company is not a good way to interact with lots of people anyway - these huge group areas become cesspools as shown over and over again.

    • nackmack@plesiosaur.net
      3·
      2 years ago

      @jmp242 @Morgueanna People these days aren’t getting the practice they need to search and curate their online activities because the main platforms they grew up interacting on - twitter, insta, and tiktok, suggest communities and other users to you. They get intimidated without the assist they get from these suggestions because the breadth of options is overwhelming if you don’t know how to navigate, and without very clear intervention and ramps for low-skill users it’s hard to retain anyone who doesn’t have the time and inclination to learn. Took me a while to figure that out, eventually learned it from a research librarian that she’s actually got to work harder to teach people how to search these days.

      • jmp242
        2·
        2 years ago

        I guess I can blame education, but heck I may have just grown up at the right time.

        • nackmack@plesiosaur.net
          1·
          2 years ago

          @jmp242 It really is that. Before searching was superceded by suggested items searching was a skill that people had to build and maintain to have a good experience online. Without pressure to learn and pathways to learn, people don’t always figure it out without help.