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 just want the fediverse to be useful, good, welcoming to everyone and pleasant to use. If that means we get 0.1% of the audience that combined mainstream social media gets, I’m fine with that. If we get 100% of the audience that combined mainstream social media gets, I’m fine with that too. Quality, not quantity.