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    1 year ago

    30k is small compared to Reddit, or Twitter, or Facebook

    Yeah for sure. The entire fediverse, with all sites and services included is somewhere around 9M users, which is still minuscule compared to Reddit’s 450M users - not to talk about billions at Facebook.

    We have enough passive, unidirectional media we consume.

    Exactly. Not everything is about big numbers, in fact, I tend to believe we (humans) perform best when we are in smaller groups. Dunbar’s number puts that at around 150 people - so if your favorite community group reaches that number of active members, you’re golden. You don’t need millions. That’s detrimental to good communication and community building.

    Of course we often have several interests (for example, I’m looking for good discussions around tech, linux, cybersecurity, science, sustainability, specialy coffee, NHL and music!). All of those are communities haven’t really established themselves here yet (some of them never protested on Reddit), so I’m still waiting to discover new discussions and corners in the fediverse.

    It’s lot of fun!