Greetings all, don’t know if this type of cross posting is allowed here, my sincere appologies if not, I’ve recently started a c/archive community. You might find this interesting :))
Greetings all, don’t know if this type of cross posting is allowed here, my sincere appologies if not, I’ve recently started a c/archive community. You might find this interesting :))
I have plenty of posts saved for later reading, just like I had in Reddit. Just recently I managed to open all of those, gather links and delete my account. It feels really frustrating possibly having to do that again and knowing I might have to do it yet again in the future if my next chosen instance turns into a something scummy. Really puts a rather sour note on the whole federated thing.
I understand the fatigue but would encourage you to see federation differently. Thanks to federation, if that happens, you can pick up and move (again using the export tool…) and still use basically the same familiar service, interact with many of the same communities and user bases, etc.
Change and enshittification are inevitable. Without federation you get poor tools for exporting and end up having to cast off in search of new platforms entirely.
If you stick around, you won’t be hopping instances as often as you might think. And having the freedom to do so without completely turning your back on a whole platform and its communities user bases, etc. - it’s just super valuable.
Maybe, but how would I even know what instances are here to stay, populated and moderated by good people and so on?