I think those communities will eventually arrive on the fediverse. If anything, building the community yourself and gently guiding people to the alternative could help fence sitters who don’t understand the full implications of reddit’s new policies for the 1% of power users who actually create most of the content.

90% are lurkers, 9% will comment and upvote, while 1% of users generate content for the others.

Bring back web rings!

I’m going to see comedian Tig Notaro this summer. I’ve always enjoyed her deadpan comedy and she’s been an icon for me as someone who is also queer and raised in the South.

The problem is default subreddits grow too big with no way to make it better once critical Mass is reached. I think federation solves Thar problem entirely, since it encourages interaction across more niche spaces.

It’s really handy for console specific communities too.