My current way to interest people to join us: The Fediverse is more like local politics, with small communities discussing things.
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@jwildeboer it was very much not "communities discussing" in my experience and made me step away from active politics for the next 20 years, so I very much hope the fediverse is not only like this
@vicgrinberg At least here in Trudering local politics have left the old boys network and backroom deals behind since quite some years. You do find that on the city council level, though. But my corner seems to prefer openness a lot.
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@vicgrinberg At least here in Trudering local politics have left the old boys network and backroom deals behind since quite some years. You do find that on the city council level, though. But my corner seems to prefer openness a lot.
@jwildeboer I'm glad there are better corners and that things have changed!
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My current way to interest people to join us: The Fediverse is more like local politics, with small communities discussing things. Centralised networks like Twitter, TikTok, instagram etc are more like national politics, with loud mouthpieces shouting over everyone else.
This mental image helps me in understanding why the influencers fail here and they of course think that means that the fediverse must be a lost cause while we commoners happily chug along and enjoy our little street parties
@jwildeboer when I tell people there are no influencers, no algorithms trying to control them, no ads, and no one trying to sell their data, it usually gets their attention.
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My current way to interest people to join us: The Fediverse is more like local politics, with small communities discussing things. Centralised networks like Twitter, TikTok, instagram etc are more like national politics, with loud mouthpieces shouting over everyone else.
This mental image helps me in understanding why the influencers fail here and they of course think that means that the fediverse must be a lost cause while we commoners happily chug along and enjoy our little street parties
@jwildeboer it sounds like you are describing Mastodon as an echo chamber
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My current way to interest people to join us: The Fediverse is more like local politics, with small communities discussing things. Centralised networks like Twitter, TikTok, instagram etc are more like national politics, with loud mouthpieces shouting over everyone else.
This mental image helps me in understanding why the influencers fail here and they of course think that means that the fediverse must be a lost cause while we commoners happily chug along and enjoy our little street parties
@jwildeboer
What's cool is that I see lots of posts about local or niche topics ("small communities") *and* posts about international news that I can't find in many of the mainstream news sources I follow. It's a very eclectic mix that depends on what users and hashtags you follow.It's so helpful to be able to follow hashtags, not just do searches with them!
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My current way to interest people to join us: The Fediverse is more like local politics, with small communities discussing things. Centralised networks like Twitter, TikTok, instagram etc are more like national politics, with loud mouthpieces shouting over everyone else.
This mental image helps me in understanding why the influencers fail here and they of course think that means that the fediverse must be a lost cause while we commoners happily chug along and enjoy our little street parties
@jwildeboer I think you forgot the propaganda, the mass control, the toxic algorithm, the intentional depression and consumerism, advertising and competition over attention through money investment.. I don't think that has something to do with national (or local) politics.
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@Mercurial @jwildeboer We have local influencers, storytellers etc. And village idiots.
@aslakr @Mercurial @jwildeboer
Village idiots are better than national idiots. Quieter.
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My current way to interest people to join us: The Fediverse is more like local politics, with small communities discussing things. Centralised networks like Twitter, TikTok, instagram etc are more like national politics, with loud mouthpieces shouting over everyone else.
This mental image helps me in understanding why the influencers fail here and they of course think that means that the fediverse must be a lost cause while we commoners happily chug along and enjoy our little street parties
@jwildeboer
That's probably the best way of putting it!
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My current way to interest people to join us: The Fediverse is more like local politics, with small communities discussing things. Centralised networks like Twitter, TikTok, instagram etc are more like national politics, with loud mouthpieces shouting over everyone else.
This mental image helps me in understanding why the influencers fail here and they of course think that means that the fediverse must be a lost cause while we commoners happily chug along and enjoy our little street parties
each instance is a town.
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My current way to interest people to join us: The Fediverse is more like local politics, with small communities discussing things. Centralised networks like Twitter, TikTok, instagram etc are more like national politics, with loud mouthpieces shouting over everyone else.
This mental image helps me in understanding why the influencers fail here and they of course think that means that the fediverse must be a lost cause while we commoners happily chug along and enjoy our little street parties
@jwildeboer I think your description of the fediverse is right on the money. Thanks for putting it so succinctly.
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My current way to interest people to join us: The Fediverse is more like local politics, with small communities discussing things. Centralised networks like Twitter, TikTok, instagram etc are more like national politics, with loud mouthpieces shouting over everyone else.
This mental image helps me in understanding why the influencers fail here and they of course think that means that the fediverse must be a lost cause while we commoners happily chug along and enjoy our little street parties
In theory but in reality almost none of my local communities use the Fediverse.
There does also seem to be quite a high proportion of US users.
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My current way to interest people to join us: The Fediverse is more like local politics, with small communities discussing things. Centralised networks like Twitter, TikTok, instagram etc are more like national politics, with loud mouthpieces shouting over everyone else.
This mental image helps me in understanding why the influencers fail here and they of course think that means that the fediverse must be a lost cause while we commoners happily chug along and enjoy our little street parties
@jwildeboer I like the Fediverse because I don't feel like someone it constantly trying to sell me something, or profit off my eyeballs viewing their "content".
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@aslakr @Mercurial @jwildeboer We definitely have a better class of village idiot though, wouldn't you say? I mean, some of our shitposters have real talent, and aren't nearly as stupid as they pretend to be!
️@ApostateEnglishman @aslakr@mastodon.social @jwildeboer hahah! that’s true
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My current way to interest people to join us: The Fediverse is more like local politics, with small communities discussing things. Centralised networks like Twitter, TikTok, instagram etc are more like national politics, with loud mouthpieces shouting over everyone else.
This mental image helps me in understanding why the influencers fail here and they of course think that means that the fediverse must be a lost cause while we commoners happily chug along and enjoy our little street parties
@jwildeboer Works splendidly for me in this regard so far.
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