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> Communities are not siloed independent bubbles. People are Venn diagrams of lots of communities and interests. Selecting a username can be difficult, deciding
by rg111 3y ago
> Communities are not siloed independent bubbles. People are Venn diagrams of lots of communities and interests. Selecting a username can be difficult, deciding which community you want as part of your identity—even if you can change it—is too much. The act of choosing a server has kept more than a few people away from Mastodon.
I don't want people to be Venn diagrams. I want communities to be a Venn diagram. Like subreddits, or FB Groups, or Discord servers.
I have always been a person with many interests. And Mastodon doesn't cut it for me.
The way I find new reddit subs in comments or come to know about new FB groups from friends- is missing in Mastodon.
Why should I must choose among Open Source, Math and Machine Learning? I like all of them. I should be able to see posts from all communities on a single feed.
It is also not as Twitter or Instagram. Where everything is people centric but you get suggestions and shares from different interest groups.
- fuzzehchat 3y agoThe way you find stuff on the fediverse is searching for hashtags. I have wildly differing interests and it's perfectly fine for me. I have load of topics and a feed that updates at a reasonable rate. following people who share your interests exposes you to other conversations with with other people.