@grin

Ok, by the numbers.

1. Yes.

2. Well, your "village" will and someone may decide to share it with their friends, who would share it with theirs and so on.

3. Actually not, because of #1 & #2 -- my exposition to external news is limited and filtered through people who share content. So my contacts (on the mutual basis) are my content curators.

4. I would rather think that users are not interested in back-end. Front-end integration is what an average user experience. As for having it or not, there are platforms that are designed for it (#hubzilla and, while crudely, #friendica) and those that are not. And people choose according to their diversity of needs.

5. You sound vague here. In #fediverse, the abuse and inappropriate content is handled at the instance level. Rules are defined and enforced there. If an instance is perceived (by others) as a regular and intentional source of inappropriate content, it simply gets ostracized through blacklisting. Police-wise, it only concerns the instance, where the content is generated. No central choke point, no problem.

6. The question is open indeed, and interesting. I hope to live long enough to see it becoming a practical problem. As for now, do not think it will, for three reasons:

6.1. The majority of users will still be happy with centralized and AI-driven media. Simply because of carefully crafted habit/addiction.

6.2. I do not expect celebrities to be very much into fediverse, exactly because it is not suitable for their kind of PR.

6.3. Finally, my frame of reference assumes that we are experiencing the All-crisis and within next decade or two we will see Internet "Balkanized". Even having 200 million users will then mean that they will mostly communicate in local/regional clusters, with global communication ratio dropping.

This is, BTW, the reason why I am also working on various topics related to #NetCommons and low-power/low-speed networking for local communities.

999. I respect your perspective, even if I do not share it.

Just had another run in with someone that earnestly asked why #Friendica doesn't have the same amount of users as Facebook or Telegram, and then spouting random nonsense about how hobby (what Friendica is) and business (what Facebook and Telegram are) doesn't necessarily need to be separated, mentioning Elon Musk in the process.

My patience for someone wanting to make #Friendica into something it isn't and realistically can't be eventually ran out and I blocked them.

♲ @hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com:

With each new #Facebook scandal like the recent WhatsApp-related one, the #Fediverse welcomes a wave of new users and admins. #Friendica gets its tiny share of the newly converted to decentralized social media. Some stick, most don't, but there's always this one guy (it's always a man) whose first few messages on GitHub are to angrily complain that Friendica isn't user-friendly enough and that it is spelling doom for a project they didn't know the day before and for the #Fediverse as a whole.

This has been going on ever since I joined the project in 2016, and we're still here. 🤷‍♂️

Hey #Fediverse! :)

I am wondering, why so few people use #Friendica. I personally started out on #Mastodon, but soon already moved on to Friendica, as it simply gives a huge extra load of features: compatible with all Fediverse #protocols (even #Diaspora), excellent feed reader functionality (in combination with #Nitter, #Bibliogram and #Invidious I get a feed from all my important #Twitter, #Instagram and #Youtube contacts directly in my Friendica timeline, without having an account on any of those commercial platforms), native Twitter bridge support (which I personally don't use), longer posts, a lot of extra #socialNetworking functionality like #forums, #events, #friendship, etc.

I do admit, that Friendica's #UI is much less modern and dynamic than Mastodon's, but this is the only downside I've found so far, and I'm also surprised, that no new UI has appeared within the last years, which would mitigate that.

I'd appreciate your views on that, and would be happy to hear other reasons for the fact that according to https://the-federation.info/, Mastodon currently has 440,713 monthly active users, while Friendica only has 1,770... :)

Welcome to the Fediverse!

Why do we call it by that name? A brief explanation can be found here. My favorite platform of the ones listed there is Diaspora, because of it’s short learning curve and simple, intuitive interface. In my opinion it’s the most ideal replacement for Farcebook with similar features, except for groups, but I’ll show you how I have created groups of my own right here on Diaspora.

Diaspora Takes Time to Become What You want it to Be.

That’s because you “build your own” experience here. Unlike Farcebook, #Diaspora will not suggest “people you may know” or “stuff you might like.” You tell it what you want to see and who you want to share with. If you are new around here, and especially if you don’t know anyone on Diaspora or elsewhere in the #Fediverse, you can follow #hashtags about subjects that interest you, and looking there, you’ll probably find some people you want to share with. You may also find people you’d rather ignore. Both adding new people and ignoring trolls are easy to do with just a couple of clicks.

Introduce Yourself!

Let your friends and potential friends know you’re here. Fill out a little bio and include an image. It doesn’t have to be your photograph of yourself, it can be anything you want. You can even make up a cool name to go by, like Joe McCool or something. There’s no need to use your real name here. In your #newhere or #Introduction post, share what hashtags you’re following, and be sure to include a few ion your own description. Make sure your Intro is public!

Your friends, old and new, will help you.

For example, I might private message one of my friends to tip him or her off about a spammer, a bot, or a troll and advise my friend to use the Ignore feature to prevent them from commenting on your posts. Or I might suggest an awesome person to share with whose posts I think my friend will enjoy. Most importantly, since it takes time, give it time! You’re building it custom made, just for you.

Create your own Groups on Diaspora!

Some people do it simply by using hashtags. I do it using Aspects. From your personal page (reach it by clicking on your own picture if you’re viewing your Stream), look at your Aspects. You have a few to start with by default: Family, Friends, Work, and Acquaintances. But underneath that list you’ll find “+ Add an Aspect.” Give it whatever name you want. Dance Partners, Church friends, Trek Fans, Starwars fans, Alien Life Forms, whatever you like, as many as you like! You can put people you’re sharing with into one or more of those categories, then read and post to just that particular Aspect. That’s how I made my own groups. It works for me because I took the time to make it work.

Most of all, have fun! Make it your own, and celebrate your liberation from “Big Media!

Some material for this greeting, and the idea of having a greeting like this, was shamelessly stolen from @Robbie

Hallo ihr lieben Menschen in der #Fediverse. Wenn ich in meinem Backend von #Friendica die Föderation Statistik ansehe, dann fällt auf, dass #Mastodon mit Abstand den größten Anteil in der Statistik hat. In Zahlen sind das 3303 von 7859 Knoten/Instanzen in der Fediverse. Den Rest teilt sich mit diversen anderen Möglichkeiten in der Fediverse teilzunehmen. Bei meinen Kontakten stellt sich das ebenfalls so dar. Die meisten meiner Kontakte sind auf Mastodon unterwegs.

Mich würde interessieren wieso das so ist? Es gibt ja genügend andere Möglichkeiten wie Mastodon. Siehe https://fediverse.party
Wieso entscheiden sich die Mastodon User für Mastdon?

Ich habe deswegen für diejenigen, die auf Mastdon sind, eine Umfrage erstellt wieso sie sich für Mastodon entschieden haben.

"Wieso hast Du dich für Mastodon und keine andere SocialMedia-Software in der Fediverse entschieden? " --> https://c.nospy.net/index.php/apps/polls/s/YbP3Gz5N9uWvMm9W

Diejenigen, die "Andere Gründe" angegeben haben, können wenn sie wollen, hier kurz schreiben welche andere Gründe das sind.

Würde mich freuen, wenn ihr an der Umfrage teilnehmen würdet. Bin echt schon gespannt....

#Umfrage #Followerpower

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