1. seperate fediverse community for projects?

remember a while ago when I asked ideas to grow the fediverse users? well I have plenty of smaller projects ready in my drafts. I thought of making another community for fediverse projects is a good idea since some user said /c/fediverse was a catch-all-bin for fediverse content.

this’ll be for my smaller projects related to the fediverse, but no one else will probably use it except me lol. so what do you think, should I make this community or just post them in /c/fediverse?

You know, probably if I do something people will try to do stuff too. I hope

right now I’m in the process of making my personal website, so I’ll probably do these when I already have my own source of income or if I wait a bit until next month.

  1. the functions I wish to achieve with my projects; (without spoilers or context)

-marketing the features of decentralization.

-making the noise.

-populating the fediverse with content creators.

  1. social media vs fediverse, and fediverse’s “strength”

the thing about being on the fediverse is It’s not as effective as using social media like twitter and instagram. It’ll have to be interesting enough for more people to come in. I like to think “what if fediverse was this, what if it was that.”

if you think about it, we have something unique to give to people. decentralization itself, connecting different kinds of platforms into one big network is something new and exciting. the logo speaks for itself.

maybe in the future we could design a game with federation involved;

  1. Concept - FSARRPG (Federated Social Alternate-Reality Role Playing Game)

social media shouldn’t be limited to personal life and stuff, games are also social, why not make it a fediverse platform.

will use the federation to connect all servers to create location based anomalies, create politics, and other stuff. the servers will (optionally) act like guilds. maybe <self insert> cryptocurrency to make it competitive.

with huge network of computers, the devs can create one super computer AI to decide what happens in this alternate world.

  1. interesting ideas other users have;

-Newspaper written by people, not corporation - A possible way to revive newspapers and newswriting

-submissions for July 5th special episode of Cooperatives and Journalism

  • smallcircles
    1•3 years ago

    Adore these ideas, @Gwynne. Your take on the Fediverse here, is a much needed perspective. The potential of fedi is enormous, and much or even most of it remains untapped. While with 4 million fedizens (500k active) we have achieved much, there is still a fragility and weakness to fedi that I am concerned about. The decentralization that is our friend, is also inhibiting evolution, as much activity is very fragmented.

    At SocialHub I have started a #FediverseFutures initiative to look at the broader view of what we can possibly create together, and to attract more people to the community other than ActivityPub devs.

    I thought of making another community for fediverse projects is a good idea since some user said /c/fediverse was a catch-all-bin for fediverse content.

    I have just created !fediversefutures@lemmy.ml and would love to invite you to be a part of it, for exactly these kinds of discussions. I see this as a space where we muse, fantasize, brainstorm and explore the wildest ideas that might be in our decentralized online future. “Social Media Reimagined” is the slogan I’ve chosen for this. The FediverseFutures on Lemmy will be a staging ground for things that can be further elaborated on SocialHub in the Fediverse Futures category.

    Goal is to have an ideation space Where Good Ideas Come From

    • On 2: Fedi advocacy. So important. Would love to evaluate how we can make this a concerted effort. Do stuff together :)
    • On 3: This is Fediverse Futures on SocialHub right now --> explore different app domains, go way beyond Microblogging
    • On 4: Hugely interested. I have ideas along these lines myself. You can reach me at @humanetech@mastodon.social
    • On 5: This is the idea transfer from Lemmy to SocialHub I imagine, finally collected in sort of a Pattern Library.