change my view
I’m brain storming bonehead ways to boost fediverse adoption.
I’m not talking ethics or morality here, i don’t like like the monetization model either but i think it is worth knowing thy enemy
Facebook and WhatsApp users can’t make money (last I checked). I think it depends more on the service generating money from users and using that to advertise itself
even the “I use this service because my friends do” argument doesn’t work because kids go to new services their parents don’t use (and their future children do the same). so I think social platforms can’t last longer than one generation*
there’s always room for new services, and it’s primarily a matter of advertising or otherwise raising awareness
*I’m unsure how or if this applies to anonymous platforms like Reddit. the point of Reddit is discussion instead of connecting with friends. so maybe it will survive longer than one generation. and possibly it’s less popular because fewer people are interested in discussion
Yeah but I bet it’s the reason why there is reasonable content on Reddit often
i don’t know mate, connoisseurs seem to do a lot “research” on ig+onlyfans, and they like that ‘reasonable’ content :p
Reddit used to be a great place until a few years ago. In the last 4-5 years they have really lost their way.
Maybe Reddit being as popular to the audience it (still) has is because it has much less of the brain-numbing influencer content that is crapped out and boosted by the algorithms to keep people ‘engaged’ in other normie social medias. In other words it has more real-people user-generated content, instead of shallow influencer mush and all the fads it creates around them.
