There’s a lot of value in smaller scale too. Not everything needs to be mega-platform level for the mass market. We can have great communities in smaller spaces online too — sometimes even better as a result.
I have been thinking about this a lot in light of recent events. Growing up in the era of smaller communities, forums, etc. I can’t say large, monolithic, corporate entities have ultimately been a change for the better.
It’s not better. It was only better since I didn’t have to create several accounts for the different forums I would use. This small inconvience was enough to stop contributions from people that don’t even care about that topic.
The downvoting is the worst part. I’ve seen correct comments downvoted, not opinions but tech questions dealing with standards. Downvoting creates an anonymous mob mentality. This gets bad when the mob knows nothing about the topic and is open to all.
Reddit has destroyed so many communities because of how easy they made everything. No one really talks about that.
There’s a lot of value in smaller scale too. Not everything needs to be mega-platform level for the mass market. We can have great communities in smaller spaces online too — sometimes even better as a result.
Some of my favorite places on the internet are smaller communities that still run webforums.
It’s great. There’s people I’ve been talking to and friends with for fifteen years on there.
I have been thinking about this a lot in light of recent events. Growing up in the era of smaller communities, forums, etc. I can’t say large, monolithic, corporate entities have ultimately been a change for the better.
It’s not better. It was only better since I didn’t have to create several accounts for the different forums I would use. This small inconvience was enough to stop contributions from people that don’t even care about that topic.
The downvoting is the worst part. I’ve seen correct comments downvoted, not opinions but tech questions dealing with standards. Downvoting creates an anonymous mob mentality. This gets bad when the mob knows nothing about the topic and is open to all.
Reddit has destroyed so many communities because of how easy they made everything. No one really talks about that.