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.

  • trollercoaster@feddit.de
    7·
    2 years ago

    I prefer quality over quantity. Spammers, advertisers, “influencers”, brainless users consumers who can’t tell the difference between an “app” and a website, and other “mainstream” phenomena can stay in their corporate internet cesspits. Their absence alone makes a platform a lot more pleasant to use.

    • Jaytreeman@kbin.social
      2·
      2 years ago

      I find the fediverse has a much nicer feeling about it. At least the instances I’ve seen.
      I scrolled a bit on Reddit yesterday and I immediately saw how negative it was in comparison