A social medium

[flaviomatani]

Hadn't been around here for perhaps a week or so, maybe a little more. On opening my reading page I find quite a bit more activity from friends. Wondering whether this is related to people's disenchantment with FB, compounded by the recent changes in it... the flight to BlueSky, etc. Now, neither BSky nor DW are a direct replacement for FB. For me, that would mean events, pages, groups and, most of all, reach. My friends and family in three continents are on FB. They are not here on DW and not either in BSky. There have been attempts at a more direct replacement for FB in the past but... alas, again, the problem has been reach. I'm told there are a couple of efforts by people to develop something that more closely resembles those aspects of FB that I mentioned but the main problem would still be reach: are my sister, my family, my friends and colleagues in three continents going to be in it? I do hope it gets to happen.

In the meantime, I'm glad there is more activity in my little corner of DW.

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[dancefloorlandmine]

Reach does seem to be the big issue - it was one of the reasons why Zuckerberg tried to turn FB into a sort of walled internet, which all of your friends and family were on. Email? Don't need it, they've got messenger. Events? This can handle that, too. Advertising? Yeah, we're harvesting everything you say and do to build a profile, don't worry about it.
There are advantages to a one-stop shop, especially when 95% of people are inside it, but it does have a number of flaws.