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This magazine is dedicated to discussions on the federated social networking ecosystem, which includes decentralized and open-source social media platforms. Whether you are a user, developer, or simply interested in the concept of decentralized social media, this is the place for you. Here you can share your knowledge, ask questions, and engage in discussions on topics such as the benefits and challenges of decentralized social media, new and existing federated platforms, and more. From the latest developments and trends to ethical considerations and the future of federated social media, this category covers a wide range of topics related to the Fediverse.

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There is a lesson to be learned here (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by cih@kbin.social to c/fediverse@kbin.social

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TL;DR: We should bring blogs (self-publishing) back instead of putting all our knowledge into other people's websites.

For years, people have posted their anecdotal or technical useful information on reddit because it was the most popular centralised but community-based website. So much that, this created the "<search query> + reddit" phenomenon.

We shouldn't have put all of our eggs in one basket: with the slow and painful downfall of the centralised network, we suddenly realised that most of our cumulative knowledge has been hosted on someone else's website of which owners don't give a damn about its users.

reddit is a link aggregator, it was meant to be used to discover other websites but it time, it turned into the website. This was a massive problem. Now that we've got the threadiverse, it makes me worry that we'll repeat the same mistake all over again.

Normally, I would've posted this on my blog and link it here but for years we've gotten accustomed to not "self-promote". This behaviour caused all traffic and engagement to stay in one place. There was nothing wrong with self-publishing; we left, spammers stayed.

Yes, there will always be that person with a bloated Wordpress blog with articles that sound like it was written by AI but, honestly, it's easy to block a domain, we've got the tools. We can fight off the spam and find gems on the internet.

The threadiverse is a beautiful thing, but accessing information shouldn't depend on it. Thanks for reading my blog post.

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[–] jaredwhite@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I would generally agree with you. Bring blogging back, baby! But the question of discovery is still open. I'm optimistic about the threadiverse over the long haul in this regard, but there's a lot of work we'll need to do to get there. Also blogging feels daunting to the less technically-inclined still. I'm not sure the traditional blog platforms out there (Wordpress.com, etc.) are quite up to the task…they typically end up catering to more of the power-user business site use cases.

[–] elrac@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We could also bring back the old Webring concept for discoverability. Might even be able to decentralize and federate that bit.

[–] jaredwhite@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, if something like a combination of a webring/blogroll with actually good UX (I don't like the "which random website will I get plopped down on next?" aspect) could emerge, that would be cool.

[–] supernovae@readit.buzz 1 points 1 year ago

Wordpress is investing in activitypub and just released the latest plugins to publish to fediverse and the parent company owns tumblr which has said they’re joining the fediverse (who knows when)