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Communities collapse slowly, then suddenly. The first sign is when people complain that it's dead, when they hate themselves for using it. Eventually one person
by muzani 5y ago
Communities collapse slowly, then suddenly. The first sign is when people complain that it's dead, when they hate themselves for using it. Eventually one person makes the move to drop it, then more people drop than stay, until certain people are no longer using it and there's no reason to stay.
Community deaths are often undocumented because people often stop using it quietly. When you come back for a visit, you just find nobody there and stop visiting again.
The main problem is that there's no real replacement at the moment. A lot of my friends have agreed to leave Facebook, but we have nowhere else to hang out.
- yellow_lead 5y agoKinda happened to my network. So many people left that there was no reason to keep my account. Thus, it's no more. My network wasn't even tech savvy people.
- taurath 5y agoThe ground is definitely ripe for something new and not as geared towards being awful, right now. Nobody I know in their 20s or 30s uses facebook, and the few that maintain an account do it to occasionally check on the crazy stuff their parents are posting. Nobody likes it. All the reasons people would want to use it are subverted for their ad model, and now useless. It’s good for Facebook that they bought Instagram because I think their demographics otherwise would be veering wildly towards the cable news audience.
- adamjwalker 5y agoThere is a new platform that helps groups have social updates without social media, it may be worth checking out. It's all email based. https://www.togetherletters.com/ https://www.togetherletters.com/
- adamjwalker 5y agoThere is a new platform that helps groups have social updates without social media. It's all through email. https://www.togetherletters.com/ https://www.togetherletters.com/ That may be worth a shot.
- muzani 5y agoI don't think it'll solve the problem. The fun is sitting around and gossipping. Memes are a form of gossip. Debating about The Godfather 3 is gossip. Or coronavirus daily cases. HN is great at this. A topic crops up, reading the topic is optional, all the gossip are in the comments. Emails seem like a really poor platform for gossip.