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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.whynotdrs.org/post/494473

Compared against the predominant incumbent social media platforms, the fediverse is very small.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don’t care how big or small it is, as long as it remains real.

I believe I’ve seen more organic conversation in the fediverse than I have on any other platform.

It’s either bots, ads or ad bots everywhere else.

Being tiny makes it less appealing to the megacorp cunts that would want to ruin it.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wow! Wonder if Facebook will dissapear as quickly as MySpace

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I was reading the Wikipedia page linked just an hour ago.
and I was surprised to see over a billion daily users on Facebook. I used to think at best that'd be in millions.

I understand now that what do people mean when they day social media's amplification of a certain message can have great impact. I used to take it lightly, partly because I an totally detached to any of these big platforms.

and being on Lemmy is a wholly different experience.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

Don't worry pretty soon Reddit will join us in being tiny.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

So that's why Instagram is the way it is, i assumed it was fairly small but it has attracted a rather toxic userbase and i don't actually enjoy it anymore.

It used to be a place where i could share my joys and people with similar interests would follow me because they enjoy my joys too.

But now it's just tiktok, at least i assume seeing it's all reels and loud noises.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if there was more Fediverse users than listed.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

3 billion monthly active users? Bull. Bots maybe.

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