Null User Object@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoAre a few people ruining the internet for the rest of us?www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1236arrow-down18file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1228arrow-down1external-linkAre a few people ruining the internet for the rest of us?www.theguardian.comNull User Object@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaresqgl@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-221 hours agoMy friends set up a CMS by invite only (people we know IRL). Hundreds of us there and yet only a handful are active. People want to be where the action is (more so than where the quality is). FOMO.
minus-squarethe_wiz@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 hours agoWell, look at it the other way around: Those niche places act like a filter, pretty much alike as the whole internet was about ~20 years ago. Yeah, there may be fewer people around, but those people tend to be quiet a bit more interesting.
My friends set up a CMS by invite only (people we know IRL). Hundreds of us there and yet only a handful are active.
People want to be where the action is (more so than where the quality is). FOMO.
Well, look at it the other way around:
Those niche places act like a filter, pretty much alike as the whole internet was about ~20 years ago. Yeah, there may be fewer people around, but those people tend to be quiet a bit more interesting.