What specifically don't you like about it?
Flamekebab
joined 8 months ago
Sounds like you're working for your car. Simplify, man.
TIL Maestro still exists
SMTP/IMAP
Is this not a deal breaker for, like, everyone?
So they're a close match for Converse?
I have fond memories of Weebl and Bob and Charlie the Unicorn...
7, because they don't feel special. I never have to fret about my brain wanting to save them for special occasions.
I'm reminded of forums that would have a million subforums and as a result never build up any critical mass. Have one big bucket, maybe two, and if something comes up often enough organically then, and only then, consider a separate subforum for it.
Whenever anyone tells me a discussion should be moved I am done. The spell is broken and the social interaction concluded because I'm no longer interested. Discord channels are fucking social poison.
I feel a fundamental problem is the ephemeral post model. If one isn't actively contributing frequently it's effectively the same as not being part of the community at all.
Seeing lots of familiar faces in threads, even if they didn't post today, helped.
With regards to your point though, I think it's one of the reasons I'm not fussed about getting "everyone" onto a single platform. It's too many people!
I'm honestly not sure this is a bad thing. Dear God, remember how threads would get blown out by hyper-configurations? Sig blocks that were 20,000 pixels long and endless GIF spam? Not sure I'm in a hurry to get back to that!
Honestly, no, none of the forums I ever used allowed that sort of things for, well, for obvious reasons!
Anyway, my reasoning for this is to help make it easier to mentally anchor a given interaction to a user. On things like Lemmy and Reddit I feel like it's a constant sea of random usernames - there's no persistence or community. I could well have spoken to the same person multiple times but I don't notice because they're so anonymous.
My question was about OP's feelings specifically. I could compile a list for or against myself, that wasn't what I was asking for.