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Hm these networks seem to go nowhere though. 2.5M is nothing compared to facebook. I backed Okuna (formerly OpenBook) but 2 years later it's still work in prog

Hm these networks seem to go nowhere though. 2.5M is nothing compared to facebook. I backed Okuna (formerly OpenBook) but 2 years later it's still work in progress. There's hardly anything interesting on there. The only thing I really see being alive is the Fediverse. Really happy to see that because it's truly open and free. But in the meantime I kinda discovered I'm totally fine without social media. I don't miss Facebook, Twitter, Instagram at all. I just use them for the bare basics now (things that require them). I still like Hacker News and one other forum but that's about it. Oh and LinkedIn but I don't consider it social media. It's more like personal PR, not real sharing. So long and thanks for all the fish!

azornathogron 6y ago
> Hm these networks seem to go nowhere though. 2.5M is nothing compared to facebook. I'm not sure it matters that it's orders of magnitude smaller than Facebook, unless your goal is to replace Facebook with another equivalent behemoth. I think the more interesting question is how big does it need to be to have a self-sustaining community or otherwise to reach "stability". Nothing is forever, but I would guess there are some thresholds where the chance of outright failure drop significantly. I don't know where those thresholds are though.
- GekkePrutser 6y ago
  Well the good thing about FaceBook was that everyone was on FaceBook. I'm absolutely not interested in having as many social media apps as I currently have IM apps because everyone likes a different one. This is why I like the Fediverse so much, because they work together.