@pwm@dcc@SuperSnekFriend@verita84 That wasn't a part of the ethos of fedi. I think that sort of came with the wave I came with, because smug brought that flavour to the fediverse and then other instances have taken that filtering up since then. So I don't know where I would place that.
@Leyonhjelm@dcc@SuperSnekFriend@verita84 Yes. One instance that I moderated back in the day got heavily account spammed when we didn't have protections against that. There was a lot of trust built in.
@dcc@SuperSnekFriend@verita84 It is a lost art compared to before. But we used to have actual groups during the GNU Social days. It was easier to follow the timeline for content that was specific to our interests and connected us to others interested in it. You could build a community around it.
@dcc@pwm@SuperSnekFriend@verita84 Given that people do leave, I'm not sure if I'd say that the right people are selected to be here. There are so many people here that you don't need to buy into the ethos behind fedi either which can be a problem for us if we stop caring about it. I wonder how complacent we have become with that? Especially with the larger we have become.
@pwm@dcc@SuperSnekFriend@verita84 I think it is better if we focus on creating quality content and interactions with each other. Create our own memes, in-jokes, things like that. Build up the community here. Better that we avoid migration waves. More have a few people join up so that they can adapt better and understand the vision of fedi. You need something for people to buy into and I'm not sure we are good at doing that now because there are so many people here and so many that don't buy into it or care about it. (Decentralisation, freedom software, that makes us different and if we don't care about that then we're screwed and become like everything else. Community perhaps too.)
@dcc@SuperSnekFriend@verita84 I still get nostalgic for the days before mastodon went viral. I'm not sure that more people is better. I'd be happy with a small community of people that were active, that we could get to know and interact with each other. To have quality conversations. Than just bringing floods of people in, the network does change with it like it has changed with mastodon.
I think the quality conversations and content are what will generate interest and keep people here. Our problem is not just generating that content but making it accessible. Search has been a difficult one to get right on fedi. Bringing groups back would help some of this. Otherwise content just gets lost in the timeline.
@dcc@SuperSnekFriend@verita84 I think this is just the nature of a decentralised network. It is harder to find the right connections. We are much bigger than any part of the network can see and a lot of it is about putting yourself out there.
I've been here a long time and I think we are a lot healthier when it comes to a numbers and interest game. I think we need to focus on what makes fedi better than wishing for more numbers. Having more people isn't going to create a better social media experience so I don't worry about it.
@MrAndyNgo How does burning cars make you eco-aware? Like, you are just creating more waste which is going to be worse for the planet. How are they going to recycle those cars?
@Lady_Penelope@HebrideanHecate Fashion designers probably see themselves as artists. So it wouldn't surprise me if this were the case, that it is connected to the art industry. I do wonder how they find models too.