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[–] _donnadie_@feddit.cl 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I think it was a good alternative, but it not being federated nor able to create communities makes it a bit lame. I really liked it, but it's hard to find interesting use for it when it doesn't let you have the spaces or topics that you want to cover other than the already defined ones.

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[–] DrJenkem@lemmy.blugatch.tube 2 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Yeah the lack of federation is a deal breaker for me. Nothing stopping it from going the way of reddit.

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[–] 2pt_perversion@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago

If you use a private website for your social media we just loop back to where we are right now in a few years. Even if it seems great now there will eventually be enshittification.

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[–] kratoz29@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago

It is a shame that this is now a reason on the table to avoid sites like this.

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[–] portside@monyet.cc 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

When someone asks me if I'm on facebook, I can say I'm on The Federation, has a nice ring to it

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[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 1 point 3 years ago

Good tip, sounds better than Fediverse to be honest.

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[–] doona@aussie.zone 1 point 3 years ago* (2 children)

Really hard to care about a niche social network like this if it isn’t federated, honestly. Far as I’m concerned it could go the exact same way as Hacker News or Reddit.

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[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Any more info on what is meant by the Hacker News comment?

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[–] doona@aussie.zone 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Some people (granted, I remember reading this on Reddit) consider Hacker News to be full of right wing chuds. I personally just found it to be pretty full of techbros and programmers who were weirdly up themselves the last few times I tried to use it. r/programmingcirclejerk was basically all Hacker News comments lol

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

What happened to Hacker News? It doesn't appear to have changed, though I haven't used it in years. It was always a bit too techbro for me.

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[–] doona@aussie.zone 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

Same opinion I have of it, too techbro. Easier to avoid those circles on a federated site.

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[–] pbbananaman@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

It’s literally the tech bro news site, though, by design. This criticism is ridiculous. YCombinator is the organization that funds so many Silicon Valley tech dreams.

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 years ago

It's not a criticism. It just wasn't to my taste.

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[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago

Its still alive and well. Its generally less memey and focuses on a higher quality of discourse. Its a different environment that can still be fun but its definitely brainier. Nothing wrong with engaging intelligent people, it makes you smarter.