That’s fair enough. Have seen the same behavior on tumblr and the like.
I’ve found myself wondering if folks aren’t slapping on innappropriate tags or none at all, losing out on content?
I suppose I also never gave this approach an honest shot. Thinking I’ll try this. Thanks!
Thanks for this, I think you nailed it.
Mm. My thinking is that many of those coming are going to, inevitably, compare with their sign up experience with Reddit and other platforms.
This whole “federated” thing is already novel and is going to require a learning curve — which for lots of folks will already bring apprehension. Anything unusual, like a manual review process, could be a turn off.
That, plus the sort of privacy nuts that live on Reddit (“why am I here? What is this, immigration? none of your business”), makes for more and more friction IMO.
“follow the person not the subject” networks.
Was thinking reflecting yesterday, and this is exactly why I can’t get on board with Twitter, Tumblr, or even really Mastodon. Feels like I’m hunting for personalities rather than interests.
Yeah, I’ve always thought it could be a good retort when someone is dissatisfied with the amount of resources you’ve already put towards some thing.
“Wow, thanks for getting me only 20 bucks in my birthday card”
“you’re only volunteering for a day? They are volunteering for at least three”
“Gross, you’re got me a used laptop?”