Debian is Ditching X (Twitter) Citing These Reasons

[monkemischief@lemmy.today]

Maybe for the Discord use-case of joining mass-community servers it simply doesn't have the network-effect yet. I haven't used it much myself sadly! But I imagine a lot of users had the same idea you did: "Let's make a server! Aw nobody's here."

But I think adoption would grow if we started using it for what a LOT of people use Discord for currently: The micro-server for get-togethers of smaller social circles.

• Voice chat for videogames
• Small digital meet-ups, like artists, churches, clubs, etc.
• Distance-playing tabletop RPGs.
• College study groups.

That's where adoption starts and snowballs. Unfortunately, I believe the VC-funded data-mining corpo-apps will always have the advantage in scooping up the "I want to join a crowded mass community room" users.

But that's okay for a start.

The way I see it, we need to be most concerned with keeping our security and privacy amongst our closest associates, and occasionally we'll need to venture out into the "commercial-net" with our hoodies up and sunglasses on to interact with the crowd, fully aware there's surveillance everywhere.

[monkemischief@lemmy.today]

Ohhh I see what you did there. They're all extensions. So 98% of users doesn't even know it's a possibility if it's not default lol.

Blah.

[landedgentry@lemmy.zip]

The problem is always trying to get people to move from one platform to another. They are invested in discord, many people quite literally with nitro. So in the interim I wanted to join other communities and poke around and get the lay of the land. Basically come at it from two angles

[shortrounddev@lemmy.world]

I've been working on writing my own forum in C# lately. Meant to look like some places I went on back in 2009-ish

[ubergeek@lemmy.today]

Effective was a requirement.

[vandimiondevilchild@beehaw.org]

didn't even knew they had an account there, good can't see how twitter could ever be a good fit for Debian values or any person with who care about foss.

[joshcodes@programming.dev]

I'm happy you've found a place to talk with people. I hope that space doesn't get invaded by assholes

[linchiao@lemm.ee]

I wont downvote you but you arent undestanding it. People like Trump and Musk are radical ones and they want "to clean" LGBT+ under view of "they are pedophiles". Trump is said to be "anti vaccines" but he paid in advance for them and he wrote 200 orders like Javier Milei super law of basis, (ley omnibus) with modifications for 300+ laws. This is an anti democratic behaviour.

[deathbird@mander.xyz]

Leaving the platform would have no impact either.
You are talking about something different.

[deathbird@mander.xyz]

The "safety" thing is a bit hyperbolic. I wish they'd just say "the quality of the interactions is going down" or "poor moderation" or something else a little more honest.

Twitter is a shitty platform in structure, format, and moderation. I'm glad Debian's not on it. But I am disappointed in them for using hyperbolic rhetoric.

[spoopy@lemmy.world]

Safe is a very broad term. Its not being used hyperbolically here. It's not referring to physical safety.

[deathbird@mander.xyz]

Yeah I'm aware that it means "emotional safey" the way they're using it. But they're still being hyperbolic, because emotional safety in the context of opinions on the Internet is just not meaningful. In a relationship one can speak of emotional safety in context of emotional manipulation or violence, but on a microblogging platform? The axiom of Tyler the Creator still applies, and we're not even talking about targeted harassment.

[chaoscruiser@futurology.today]

That’s what happens when people don’t know how to use the system properly. They just throw their files and announcements into random places without any thought, and expect everyone to be able to find them.

In cases like that, you just need to ask a more experienced user for direction, because nothing else works. It’s not your fault you can’t find your way around a labyrinth like this. It’s the fault of everyone who turned that place into a labyrinth.

Can we also blame the software? Maybe, if the marketing was misreading. Mostly though, this sort of mess emerges as a result of ignorant people abusing the system.

[ora@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

I mean, have you seen YetAnotherForum.net? .Net Core, PostgreSQL/MySQL Support and the old VBulletin styling from the hayday of internet forums.