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Why does no social medium try to tailor against gentrification? It doesn't have to be always exponetial growth, it's fun in the beginning but then entropy takes
by jdrc 5y ago
Why does no social medium try to tailor against gentrification? It doesn't have to be always exponetial growth, it's fun in the beginning but then entropy takes over. Communities with mechanisms to ensure they keep hovering around a midpoint are sustainable.
- renewiltord 5y agolobste.rs does. It's invite-only. At a bigger scale, Metafilter does. It's $5 to join and you can lose your membership after paying the money. That's the thing with these things. They live and occupy their space and everyone else just says "Why aren't there any X?" because X exists but because it's not so big, no one knows it does. For the most part, these communities are better because those who would idly ask "Why doesn't X exist?" don't know that X exists. Essentially, there are two requirements to joining the club: - You should be able to find the door - You should know why the door is hidden If you're just like "I want what's on the other side of the door" but you can't meet these two conditions, then you can't have it.
- timgilbert 5y agoOne or two examples exist. The venerable MetaFilter is heavily moderated ans charges $5 for a (lifetime) membership, which tends to keep out drive-by commenting.
- dogleash 5y agoI don't think MetaFilter is a good example. It's insular, but it also turned to the banal opinions of internet gentrification earlier than a lot of places I used to lurk.