I see some positivity. It's like reddit, you have to work to stay away from the communities that are wont to devolve into a feedback loop of negativity
It's harder than on Reddit, though, because the population as a whole is so much smaller. There aren't alternative communities for most topics- there aren't communities at all for most topics- and you keep seeing the same small group of prolific posters so the views aren't as diverse. If you happen to align with that group's views, great, but I find it a lot easier to end up as the lone unpopular view than on Reddit.
I'm hoping this will continue to improve over time as the Fediverse grows and diversifies more.
Indeed, well said.
How is mbin development going in your opinion? I am hearing good things but I still haven't gotten around to making an account.
I haven't been paying close attention but it seems to be doing well. I originally joined the Fediverse on kbin.social because I liked the idea of supporting an alternative to a Lemmy monoculture, especially given what I'd seen of Lemmy's devs' views, but over time it became apparent that the lone developer of kbin wasn't intending to take advantage of outside assistance and that it wasn't going to work out as a single-person project in the long run. So I'm glad mBin forked, it seems to have picked up the necessary momentum. The mBin instance I'm on has had the occasional downtime or bug but nowhere near the kind of trouble kBin routinely had.
I see some positivity. It’s like reddit, you have to work to stay away from the communities that are wont to devolve into a feedback loop of negativity
I find that browsing by 'New' instead of 'Hot' helps somewhat.
Though the responses you get to your comments on new posts still tend to be more antagonistic than friendly.
I see some positivity. It's like reddit, you have to work to stay away from the communities that are wont to devolve into a feedback loop of negativity
It's harder than on Reddit, though, because the population as a whole is so much smaller. There aren't alternative communities for most topics- there aren't communities at all for most topics- and you keep seeing the same small group of prolific posters so the views aren't as diverse. If you happen to align with that group's views, great, but I find it a lot easier to end up as the lone unpopular view than on Reddit.
I'm hoping this will continue to improve over time as the Fediverse grows and diversifies more.
Indeed, well said.
How is mbin development going in your opinion? I am hearing good things but I still haven't gotten around to making an account.
I haven't been paying close attention but it seems to be doing well. I originally joined the Fediverse on kbin.social because I liked the idea of supporting an alternative to a Lemmy monoculture, especially given what I'd seen of Lemmy's devs' views, but over time it became apparent that the lone developer of kbin wasn't intending to take advantage of outside assistance and that it wasn't going to work out as a single-person project in the long run. So I'm glad mBin forked, it seems to have picked up the necessary momentum. The mBin instance I'm on has had the occasional downtime or bug but nowhere near the kind of trouble kBin routinely had.
I find that browsing by 'New' instead of 'Hot' helps somewhat.
Though the responses you get to your comments on new posts still tend to be more antagonistic than friendly.
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