I have never been an "online community first" person. The internet is how I stay in touch with people I met in real life. I'm not a "tweet comments at celebrities" guy. I was never funny enough to be the funniest person on Twitter. So when Twitter was accidentally purchased

It became the only reliable source of information I had. People posted links with a minimal amount of commentary, picking and choosing the best content from other social media networks. They’re not doing it to “build a brand” because that’s not a thing in the Fediverse. It’s too disjointed to be a place to build a newsletter subscription base.

    • zaphod@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I disagree. It’s easy if you want to use a community as your personal blog without any interaction from others. It’s hard to get an actual community running.

        • IMALlama@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 months ago

          I generally agree with activite communities being a self reinforcing feedback loop. That said, one of the challenges federation creates is fragmentation for “the same” community across multiple instances. As a result, each community appears relatively inactive as they’re all vying for engagement with each other.