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I've not been on social media in .. ~8 years or so, if we ignore link aggregators at least. Even with link aggs, i've been deleting my accounts semi regularly o

I've not been on social media in .. ~8 years or so, if we ignore link aggregators at least. Even with link aggs, i've been deleting my accounts semi regularly on both HN and Reddit, and making several accounts, in an effort to distance myself from caring about Karma/etc and add noise. Ironically, unrelated to this Twitter stuff.. i've been searching for a social network recently. Specifically a semi-niche (Blender) community, moreso than a social network. I was reasonably attracted to Twitter as a fair bit of the community that i'm interested is there.. but these days Twitter feels.. chaotic. I was hoping there would be a Blender instance on Mastodon but no such luck yet in my searching. Some random Discord communities also seem viable, though there's something about the Twitter/Mastodon interface i enjoy. edit: I suppose i could just pick a sane default on Mastodon and keep an eye out for other instances blender artists are on.

ratsmack 4y ago
>I've not been on social media in .. ~8 years Is Hacker News not social media?
- DeltaCoast 4y ago
  People seem to go back and forth, I think yes it is. I sometimes think when people say social media and implicitly exclude reddit/hacker news is that it's not less identity based and more topic based.
  - lijogdfljk 4y ago
    Yup. Also as i mentioned i purposefully delete my accounts and rotate them to ensure i don't keep identity either. Frankly the lack of identity to me is the core of what makes or breaks a "social" network. Having no permanence to the accounts kinda makes it feel more forum like. Where i can pretend there's no point system, it's just content, people discussing and helping, etc.
UncleEntity 4y ago
Blender users are still pretty active on the IRC if you want to chat with people real-time I believe. And the BlenderArtists forum for ‘social media’ without being the product. I can’t imagine if someone approached Ton with a proposal to host an official blender mastodon instance on foundation hardware he’d be opposed. The worst they can do is say no.
OctopusLupid 4y ago
FWIW, Blender is on the Fediverse here: https://video.blender.org/ https://video.blender.org/

ratsmack 4y ago

>I've not been on social media in .. ~8 years Is Hacker News not social media?

DeltaCoast 4y ago
People seem to go back and forth, I think yes it is. I sometimes think when people say social media and implicitly exclude reddit/hacker news is that it's not less identity based and more topic based.
- lijogdfljk 4y ago
  Yup. Also as i mentioned i purposefully delete my accounts and rotate them to ensure i don't keep identity either. Frankly the lack of identity to me is the core of what makes or breaks a "social" network. Having no permanence to the accounts kinda makes it feel more forum like. Where i can pretend there's no point system, it's just content, people discussing and helping, etc.

UncleEntity 4y ago

Blender users are still pretty active on the IRC if you want to chat with people real-time I believe. And the BlenderArtists forum for ‘social media’ without being the product. I can’t imagine if someone approached Ton with a proposal to host an official blender mastodon instance on foundation hardware he’d be opposed. The worst they can do is say no.

OctopusLupid 4y ago

FWIW, Blender is on the Fediverse here: https://video.blender.org/ https://video.blender.org/