Reddit's strategy of antagonizing app writters, moderators, and millions of redditors is good news for reddit alternatives like KBin and Lemmy. And not just them! The fediverse has always grown in waves and we're at the start of one.
Previous waves have led to innovation but also major challenges and limited growth. It's worth looking at what tactics worked well in the past, to use them again or adapt them and build on them. It's also valuable to look at what went wrong or didn't work out as well in the past, to see if there are ways to do better.
Here's the current table of contents:
I'm flashing!!!!!
But first, some background
Don't tell people "it's easy"
Improve the "getting-started experience"
Keep scalability and sustainability in mind
Prioritize accessibility
Get ready for trolls, hate speech, harassment, spam, porn, and disinformation
Invest in moderation tools
Values matter
This is a great opportunity – and it won't be the last great opportunity
How many people have been playing Weird West? Playing through it right now and I've got to say; this game has so much modding potential. The additional plus of it being a easily modified inmsersive sim adds so much replay value like Doom and gameplay WADs
Meta (owner of Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp) is joining the fediverse very soon and we have to seriously prepare. This isn't a theoretical scenario anymore.
Amazon Games Unveils Trailer for Throne and Liberty at Summer Game Fest
Today at Summer Game Fest, Amazon Games revealed the first trailer for its version of Throne and Liberty, introducing players to the vast world of Solisium.
Speaking of Prince, this musical genius should've turned 65 years old today.
So as a treat a thread with some lesser known favorites of mine, featuring Prince as storyteller/storysinger. Enjoy!
Vertaling, volgens GoogleTranslate:
Uiteindelijk is verdriet de langzame dood van simpele dingen.
Dit liedje heb ik al een paar dagen in mijn hoofd sinds ik het indrukwekkende boek Het genootschap van onvrijwillige dromers las. Ook het verhaal zingt nog na. Aanrader.