I’m genuinely interested in people thoughts about the Fediverse because here in the UK it has massively stalled in 2025, like a lot of things. I am seeing way less posts from UK people and way less interaction and general use in fact. Most seem to have stopped social media use to be fair, and I know a lot of that is to do with my age (old fart here, 56 laps round sun and counting) but the numbers game look poor from my point of view. Do we think the Fediverse has a future now after useage appears to be going downwards? Is it a UK thing? (well I know the UK is weird but hey)

  • Skavau@piefed.socialEnglish
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    6 months ago

    For the reasons above. It’s not that they are “afraid of growth”, but the general culture on the Fediverse is reactionary and averse to change. Making it more universally appealing would mean bringing different people, and this is what they are afraid of.

    What changes are people afraid of? What “different people” is the Fediverse afraid of?

    • rglullis@communick.newsEnglish
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      6 months ago

      What “different people” is the Fediverse afraid of?

      • Normies.
      • Small business who want to have a social media presence.
      • Influencers.
      • Reporters.
      • Anyone who is not 100% aligned with their political mindset
      • Skavau@piefed.socialEnglish
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        6 months ago

        “Normies”? How?

        What’s stopping small businesses and influencers from setting up support communities to try and boost their profile?

        What reporters?

        Anyone who is not 100% aligned with their political mindset

        Does this, by the way, not depend on the instance?

        • rglullis@communick.newsEnglish
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          6 months ago

          What’s stopping small businesses and influencers

          There is nothing stopping them, but there is no one here that wants them to come:

          • Scroll around for a bit on the federated timeline of your preferred Mastodon instance, tell me how long it takes for someone to display an anti-business sentiment.
          • There is no one coordinated movement to get creators on YouTube and tell them “hey, if you start putting your videos on PeerTube we will contribute to your Patreon”.
          • Every and any effort to build a public searchable index of the Fediverse was attacked on the grounds of “I don’t want my data used by marketers”.
          • The majority view on “how to best fund the Fediverse” is “set up donations”. Whenever I bring up “I think it’s more fair if everyone paid just a little bit, this is why my instance is only for paying members”, I am immediately treated as an evil capitalist pig.

          What reporters?

          There were a number of reporters from the NYT/WSJ/CNN who set up Mastodon accounts in 2022 and were harassed on Mastodon.

          Does this, by the way, not depend on the instance?

          Do you think that Fediverse is a good representation of the overall political spectrum?

          • I_Snort_Butterflies@lemmy.wtfEnglish
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            6 months ago

            All of your arguments in this discussion have been totally on-point. Great posts. I may have to rethink joining your instance! I’ll send DM since I’ll probably be banned from this comm for the exact reasons you have been stating.