Humans are emotional beings and often make decisions based on emotions rather than logic. Expecting users to migrate to a platform that doesn’t manipulate their emotions just because it’s open source is delusional. Therefore, I believe we should prioritize adding better features that have proven to be effective on other platforms rather than trying to emulate Reddit, Twitter, etc., to make the platforms as pleasant to use as we can, even if it’s only for a fraction of the users.
Here is a video that I like on this topic.
Context of what gave me the idea for this post.
I only care for utility, and a minor social engagement at times, preferably without dredditor type interaction. This pretty much requires an intellectual and tech content focus. I’m kinda wishing we could get post numbers up, but we are at the busiest time of year for a lot of academics and end of summer vacations for a lot of the rest.