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   Lydia Conwell :mastodon: (lydiaconwell@mas.to)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 18:09:17 JST Lydia Conwell :mastodon:

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   ... I've posted before Lydia Lunch's quote about New York: "No city needs you; you need it."

   Social media too is like this. Sure, they need users en masse, but there's a feeling you can somehow influence and profit from the mass, when in actuality, "you wouldn't raise a whisper on a radar screen."

   I'd prefer to be on an opt-out instance in a #Fediverse niche, so I hope there are instances making themselves known and asking for new members.

   fedipact.online/

   #FediverseNiche #Fedipact

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     Lydia Conwell :mastodon: (lydiaconwell@mas.to)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 18:09:18 JST Lydia Conwell :mastodon:

     With the whole #Threads thing I think there is generally a fear of missing out that makes people want to go #corporate. That's why #Meta and #Twitter remain so popular.

     But to go to, and remain on, part of the #Fediverse whose instances have chosen to opt out would probably make a more enjoyable, meaningful experience.

     Finding people with similar interests is much more fruitful that knowing what some boring celebrity has to say, or to listening to a middling centrist crowd have their say.

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     GreenSkyOverMe (Monika) repeated this.