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I do wonder if the next phase of social media is to encourage people to use a single user instance similar to mastodon.host. It would probably have to offer mor
by rcarr 4y ago
I do wonder if the next phase of social media is to encourage people to use a single user instance similar to mastodon.host. It would probably have to offer more than just twitter though e.g peertube, pixelfed etc. Start with a free tier, have it all running on auto scale and then notify people when they start getting popular that they need to scale up and start paying for their instance if they want to grow their audience. Don’t know if it would work or not but it’s an idea.
- georgyo 4y agoMost likely not, mostly due to lack of discovery. When you start off an an empty instance, the only thing you see is yourself. There are no trends, there are no posts, and everywhere you click is just you. You have to start following people for it start populating, but that requires knowing strings to follow. And then you can you see is stuff in your bubble (maybe a feature?). But it really missing the dopamine response, as after you read the stuff people you follow posted or boosted; there is nothing. A dedicated person can push through this initial period. But for mass appeal, people will quickly bounce if they feel like no one else is there.