Let me know if this is appropriate for this community.
I’ve been collecting links to post, blog, article, comment, etc that criticize the fediverse, whether it’s about the specific apps or fediverse in general, whether it’s about the technical aspect or about the social aspect.
If you also found one, feel free to share it here.
(date format is YYYY-MM-DD)
2024
- https://lemmy.world/post/11519703 - Lemmy is a bigger echo chamber than reddit, 2024-02-03
- https://lemmy.world/post/11720592 - Lemmy users lack nuace and it stops actual discussion., 2024-02-08
- https://lemmy.world/post/12352000 - Lemmy is not immune to trolls, bad fait actors or propaganda - in fact, despite how bad reddit is, a lot of Lemmy instances are worse, 2024-02-24
- https://wedistribute.org/2024/02/tear-down-walls-not-bridges/ - Tear Down Walls, and Build Bridges, 2024-02-13
- https://wedistribute.org/2024/03/contentnation-mastodons-toxicity/ - Content Nation Backlash Highlights Mastodon’s Toxicity, 2024-03-02
- https://reddit.com/r/fediverse/comments/1b76cbo/fediverse_is_not_so_good/ - Fediverse is not so good…, 2024-03-05
- https://kevquirk.com/blog/linux-elitism-again - Linux Elitism…Again, 2024-04-14
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Mastodon/comments/1g1g844/why_is_mastodon_struggling_to_survive - Why is Mastodon struggling to survive?, 2024-10-12
- https://lemmy.world/post/19004972 - Lemmy wouldn’t really takeoff to replace Reddit until it’s content is search indexable, 2024-08-24
- https://evergreenfiles.com/blogs/the-fediverse-desperately-needs-sustainable-file-hosting - The Fediverse Desperately Needs Sustainable File Hosting, 2024-11-04
- https://lemmy.world/post/22316287 - I really want to like Lemmy, 2024-11-22
- https://bsky.app/profile/techconnectify.bsky.social/post/3lbs4ihb2gs24 - Technology Connection’s thread on Bluesky about Mastodon being a ghost town and more, 2024-11-26
- https://transfem.social/notes/a16rvjhkk34b00tf - […] if you are explaining the fediverse to a non-tech person, “it’s like email” is not a sufficient explanyation., 2024-11-30
2023
- https://pawb.social/post/42756 - “Tanky” and the perception of Lemmy., 2023-06-14
- https://erinkissane.com/mastodon-is-easy-and-fun-except-when-it-isnt - Mastodon Is Easy and Fun Except When It Isn’t - Erin Kissane’s small internet website, 2023-07
- https://lemm.ee/post/873456 - I miss reddit, 2023-07-09
- https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/16zq1dd/the_lemmyverse_aint_all_its_cracked_up_to_be/ - The Lemmyverse ain’t all it’s cracked up to be, 2023-10-04
Thanks for sharing the link, will need to have a read.
I’ve been meaning to try out Piefed, but honestly I am waiting for it to become a bit more mature.
Can’t hurt to make an alt just to test it out though.
The ability to not only have different UIs, but even different approach is a critical strength of the fediverse, although I feel it needs a critical number of DAUs (and donations) to really take off.
In terms of overall platform, I don’t really see any alternatives to the fediverse.
You can see it without an account, although ofc better with one:-). Here is an example showcasing both Categories of Communities (top line) and hashtags (bottom one of the header area). Below all the comments (here’s one with none to have to scroll through), you can see the full community side-bar, attached to every post in the community, so that you know exactly what you are getting into even while making just so much as a comment reply rather than a full post.
I agree it’s not mature though - e.g. a good fraction of the time when I click on a Notification, it refuses to take me to the content that it is trying to tell me about, for many different reasons (I’ve blocked the user, it’s been removed, or hidden, or the comment string is too deep and I have to click a continuation link to go further, except it doesn’t even take me to that, etc.) - I really have to jump around ENORMOUS gaps to make it halfway work.
And even so, it’s still damn impressive, after all is said and done. It’s exciting to think what improvements will come.:-)
People won’t move off Reddit until something is already ready for them to jump ship to. Lemmy has such enormous structural issues. PieFed has even more, but different ones.:-) Both Lemmy and PieFed are so impressive, but I am more excited about the latter for a variety of reasons, particularly that I hope it will be able to move forward more quickly.
I would honestly rather just try it with an account to get a more in-depth perspective.
I’ve been meaning to check it out, just haven’t bothered yet. A little bit ironic considering I took the time to switch from reddit to lemmy. Just goes to show the enormous power of switching costs when it comes to user acquisition. :)
Definitely you’ll see more and better with an account, for sure.
Welcome btw! PieFed.social is the flagship and there’s another instance in North America + one in Europe, see https://join.piefed.social/try/.
Prepare to be impressed.:-)
