>the FB account is mostly used as a way to passively receive content... And HN user "jsgo" wrote... >If it is more difficult than Facebook, it can't hope for

>the FB account is mostly used as a way to passively receive content... And HN user "jsgo" wrote... >If it is more difficult than Facebook, it can't hope for being anything more than a niche... These are the sorts of common sense observations missing from so many "let's replace Facebook/Twitter/Whatever" debates. If we're serious about replacing FB/Snapchat/Twitter/Whatever then we need to consider realistic alternatives. Using the Mastodon-like distributed media and personal website ideas to get rid of Facebook/Twitter is like using the People's Front of Judea and the Judean People's Front to get rid of the Romans. You just have to ignore a lot of reality to assume it would ever work.