1 year ago
jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu
Explaining niche topics like you're five would lead to absolutely humongous posts; CW: long (over 2,150 characters), included "quote-post"
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1 year ago
scott@loves.tech
That's the difference between social media and a community. A social media post is all about telling others what you think (perhaps getting some feedback), while communities are specifically designed for discussions. We have not really gotten to the point where we have popular discussion groups and forums in the fediverse, but they are coming. So it is not surprising that some people engage in monologues. It's the same on Facebook and Twitter.

And there is also the phenomenon that most early adopters are more technically-oriented than the general population. What sounds like a normal conversation to them is over the head of someone not familiar with the particular niche.

I think if we add more communities targeted towards people who are new to the fediverse, more easy-to-understand documentation, and perhaps more directories where it is easy to find people with similar interests, I think that would help. But it would take time to build those out.
1 year ago
jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu
@Scott M. Stolz That won't fix the issue of super-niche posts appearing in casual, clueless Mastodon users' timelines.

Granted, that guy posted about what's happening in his personal timeline. But I guess some have the same issue with what happens in timelines which we usually don't have, the local and especially the federated timeline.
1 year ago
scott@loves.tech
@Jupiter Rowland Nothing will. People are diverse. Not all of them are going to post the same stuff or at the same technical level.

But, I do think that some better documentation would help. If people get confused, we could at least point them to a website where they can read or watch videos that explain it in simpler terms.

We should encourage blogging a bit more. Blog posts are a bit more permanent than a social media posts that scrolls out of your timeline.
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