I’ve been off and on with the Fediverse for sometime now. It’s a relatively friendly place full of fellow nerds, but with a few caveats…
My feeds seem very focused on hard information be it Gaza, tech companies doing bad things, or people pitchforking about the lastest big bad in digital privacy. This is all well and good, but it does get a bit tired after a while. Seeing the samey stuff post after post by academic types makes me more informed but also mentally draining.
Where’s the fun? On Facebook and Instagram I see light fluffy popcorn type posts of people reminiscing over Nintendo games or reels of cockatiels being cockatiels. It’s fun to scroll and interact. Here it feels like I’m in a classroom, and people, while friendly, do get quite hostile if you don’t like Linux or Star Trek.
As a leftist I like it here because it’s my bubble of people, but I’d like to see the fedi let its hair down a bit. It’s okay to talk about stuff other than infosec, privacy guides, distros, and Gaza.
I don’t know man. If you enjoy Facebook and Instagram more then just get there more.
I have been, and I guess it saddens me that I’m not enjoying myself as much here as I hoped.
They’re just websites. They’re not your identity.
Blind brand loyalty to something you don’t enjoy is a waste of your precious time on earth
This has nothing to do with branding or simple preferences. It’s about ethics. Some people are here not because they think it is the best alternative, but because it has the potential to be good.