Roundcat

Roundcat , 11 months ago to gaming in What's the most toxic game community you know of?

Individual pokemon fans are sweethearts, but forever reasons, most major online pokemon communities are dens of awful where some of the worst people gather and make you question why you're even a fan in the first place.

Roundcat , 11 months ago to memes in Having niche communities be like

Different perspective: "I am the content!"

Roundcat , 11 months ago to cat in Good hunting, Oliver

If he was American, he'd be bringing coffee.

Roundcat , 11 months ago to technology in Actors say Hollywood studios want their AI replicas — for free, forever

As a furry art appreciator, I want to do what I can to make sure the community's artists aren't struggling.

Roundcat , 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to nostupidquestions in Is it really a mass exodus? And is it really a mass exodus to lemmy?

As someone who is still on reddit and other mainstream sites as well as fediverse, here are my impressions.

There is definitely a frustration around the enshitefication of most of the major platforms, which is causing users to seek out alternatives to these sites. A lot of this has translated into increased traffic and membership on fediverse sites like Lemmy and Mastodon, but the reality is the situation still hasn't gotten bad enough for most general users to abandon the platforms entirely, or they stick around because despite everything, they are still the platforms with the most reach, and are still easy to use for most users.

Mastodon seems to have waves of activity based on the latest major fuckup by Elon Musk, but because of the learning curb and the differences in how Mastodon works, combined with the lack of user activity compared to twitter, most users don't stick around. Meanwhile, Bluesky is advertising itself as twitter pre enshitefication, and Threads is promising a userbase comparable to twitter without it being ran by Musk, which to a more casual person may seems more appealing. Fediverse is more appealing to people like you and me because we're nerds. Like we are interested in the technology, and want to dive into it to create the web experience we want. That's not going to appeal to the average user though.

There are weeks where I spend most of my time online on kbin and mastodon, and if I go by word and news posted, it would seem like reddit and twitter are on their final ropes, everyone is rushing to the fediverse, and we are about to enter another wild west period of the internet. But then I go back to reddit, and most of the communities I was apart of still seem as active as they have ever been. Most people I followed on twitter still post regularly with similar amounts of likes, retweets and comments, and most content creators will still point people towards these platforms for further engagement.

One space I have seen a major shift in is the LGBTQ community. There is definitely a diminishing of activity on major platforms mostly because the recent enshitefications have made these platforms more hostile places. Fediverse is a popular alternative for these communities, which is probably why you see a large amount of queer users within the fediverse. A lot of tech communities have also flocked to the fediverse and other communities because these spaces attract a lot of tech savy nerds, and are a great place to find fellow techies who know what you're talking about.

Overall, There is definitely a shift in how people use the internet and how they interact in Social media. The echochambers within the fediverse though would make it seem like it is bigger than it actually is. I would say we are seeing the dawn of the expansion of the internet, where instead of everything being centralized on 4 or 5 major sites, there will be a number of smaller sites that host their own communities. It probably won't be anywhere near as decentralized as the pre youtube and facebook era of the internet, but you'll at least have other places to go to when you get sick of a site, but still want to find like minded people to discuss your interests with.

Roundcat , 11 months ago to fediverse in Fediverse is 100% Decentralized or not?

I'm just wondering what you are sharing that is getting you censored off of most of the major instances. Something illegal? Something morally reprehensible that most regular people take objection to it? Like I understand Beehaw being very uptight about what they allow (to the point of defederating most major instances) but world just seems free for all but the most extreme views, ml will allow straight up genocide and warcrime denial as long as it's China or Russia, and shitjustworks seems to be gamers in general, left or right.

Like there are instances that are just basically unmoderated free speech zones if that's what you're looking for. There are even instances that are echochambers for your political leanings if that's what you are actually looking for. But most of the major instances are going to be catering for a more general userbase. Afterall, part of the reason world became the biggest is because it's the one most former redditors were pointed to.

And the reality is, and part of the reason I'm apprehensive about Meta joining the fediverse, is because even in a decentralized environment, communities, opinions, topics and activity all becomes centralized around whichever community is the biggest. The internet itself is a decentralized network, but since everyone gathers in the same places, it ultimately became centralized around sites like reddit, insta, youtube, and twitter. That's one of the reasons we are encouraged as fedi users to join smaller instances. Not just to save on space and traffic, but to encourage the activity in our local communities to grow.

Roundcat , 11 months ago to technology in Actors say Hollywood studios want their AI replicas — for free, forever

As long as I can help it or afford it, I will always prefer human art over machines.

The reality is works produced by humans are going to be a luxury for the rich, while the poor have to setting for AI generated crap.

Roundcat , 11 months ago to gaming in Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution - LRG3 Announcement Video

Huh. I thought this is what Risky's Revenge ended up being. Didn't know the GBA's story was completely different. Wonder if they'll be using some of the Godzilla: Domination music tracks that were used in the prototype.

Roundcat , 11 months ago to fediverse in Mastodon has hit 2M active monthly users!

people complaining about the smallest slight

How is this different from here or reddit?

Roundcat , 11 months ago to fediverse in Mastodon has hit 2M active monthly users!

I don't. Most of the people on Mastodon seem pretty cool, and honestly I would rather not see half the people I see on twitter.

Roundcat , 11 months ago to nostupidquestions in why am I seeing 2 year old downvoted posts on all? And communist posts?

Probably so. That and 196 is a very active community.

Roundcat , 11 months ago to til in TIL lemmy.ml is a pro-authoritarian CCP shill instance

I like kbin. Modern interface, built in Mastodon integration, cool mascot, and the dev isn't a nazi that insists on the communist label (afaik)

Roundcat , 11 months ago to til in TIL lemmy.ml is a pro-authoritarian CCP shill instance

Welp, tells me everything I need to know about you.

Roundcat , 11 months ago to nostupidquestions in Is there any more ethical solution to our current circumstances than "murder all billionaires"?

Nice try CIA/FBI

Roundcat , 11 months ago to fediverse in If Lemmy.world doesn't defederate from Threads, Meta and all things Zuck within 24 hours, I will shut down my subs and leave.

As much as I hate meta and hate the idea of threads federating with us, ultimately you should be able to find or create an instance that aligns with your idea of defeding with them. I would ultimately want the admin of my instance to side with the majority of users rather than drag users kicking and screaming into following their lead.

Besides, if you truly wanted more control over your web experience, we should be more decentralized. Like what the hell are we all doing on the same instance, and being shocked that the decisions of a small group of people is going to affect so many of us. Like we were all encouraged to join smaller instances or make our own precisely for this reason. Like hypothetically, if every popular community was in its own instance, rather than centralized around world, ml, beehaw and kbin, Meta federating with us would not be a big deal. Every community would be able to decide whether they wanted to associate with them or not, and we would be too spread out for it to be worth Meta's while.

Maybe this should be a wake up call for some of ya'll. Spread out and take your own actions, rather than wait for the big instances' admins to act for you.