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The discourse on Facebook & Instagram is significantly different than what you would find on X or Reddit, both in terms of quality & topics.

monetus 3y ago
Facebook groups has, weirdly enough, had a bunch of quality discussions similar to Reddit. Can't speak for Instagram, but FB groups are worth peeking into to follow your favorite software projects.
- nerdponx 3y ago
  My local city/town Facebook groups are surprisingly good. Like on Reddit there's always the specter of sketchy weird things happening behind the scenes with the mods/admins, but the day-to-day experience is very much that of chatting and sharing with my neighbors.
- loa_in_ 3y ago
  Fandom/topic or hobby/writing groups on Facebook are better quality discussion venues than Reddit if you can accept seeing some very obvious instances of spam posts and spam comments.
thefurdrake 3y ago
I haven't noticed a significant difference in discussion quality between The Platform Formerly Known As Twitter and Youtube/Reddit for most topics. Maybe I'm cynical, but the vast majority of public communication on the internet seems to be roughly the same quality in my mind.
- jfoster 3y ago
  > the vast majority of public communication on the internet seems to be roughly the same quality in my mind. I mean, could it be that it's just that the platforms you're familiar with are similar quality? There are major quality differences. Consider, for example, HN vs Instagram. Do you really see no difference in the quality of discourse, or do you just not use Instagram?
  - thefurdrake 3y ago
    > vast majority By bulk/raw data volume, I'd say that the vast majority of internet communication is the same quality, yeah-- I'll stick by that assertion. That's not at odds with acknowledging there exist locations where intelligent communication happens. My position is just that the signal to noise ratio is pretty bad in the majority of places.
freejazz 3y ago
Not sure which way that cuts

monetus 3y ago

Facebook groups has, weirdly enough, had a bunch of quality discussions similar to Reddit. Can't speak for Instagram, but FB groups are worth peeking into to follow your favorite software projects.

nerdponx 3y ago
My local city/town Facebook groups are surprisingly good. Like on Reddit there's always the specter of sketchy weird things happening behind the scenes with the mods/admins, but the day-to-day experience is very much that of chatting and sharing with my neighbors.
loa_in_ 3y ago
Fandom/topic or hobby/writing groups on Facebook are better quality discussion venues than Reddit if you can accept seeing some very obvious instances of spam posts and spam comments.

thefurdrake 3y ago

I haven't noticed a significant difference in discussion quality between The Platform Formerly Known As Twitter and Youtube/Reddit for most topics. Maybe I'm cynical, but the vast majority of public communication on the internet seems to be roughly the same quality in my mind.

jfoster 3y ago
> the vast majority of public communication on the internet seems to be roughly the same quality in my mind. I mean, could it be that it's just that the platforms you're familiar with are similar quality? There are major quality differences. Consider, for example, HN vs Instagram. Do you really see no difference in the quality of discourse, or do you just not use Instagram?
- thefurdrake 3y ago
  > vast majority By bulk/raw data volume, I'd say that the vast majority of internet communication is the same quality, yeah-- I'll stick by that assertion. That's not at odds with acknowledging there exist locations where intelligent communication happens. My position is just that the signal to noise ratio is pretty bad in the majority of places.

freejazz 3y ago

Not sure which way that cuts