Why isn't anyone talking about this? It looks like Meta wants to compete with Twitter with a new Instagram microblogging app which will probably be compatible with Mastodon
Key Point of the article:
*“Soon, our app will be compatible with certain other apps like Mastodon,” Instagram’s slide says. “Users on these other apps will be able to search for, follow and interact with your profile and content if you’re public, or if you’re private and approve them as followers.” *
I want hyperspecific niech content that just isn't on any smaller platform. I rarely use Instagram and mainly use reddit and sometimes use Twitter.
I want that kind of content on other platforms that I get on reddit. Certainly people from reddit aren't going to migrate to an Instagram made alternative for Twitter but I want more content like more shitposting and guides I could only find on reddit and 4chan (and I fucking hate 4chan)
Not just circlejerk about how good the fediverse is and how bad Twitter and big tech is. Certainly the only people who currently use these alternatives are people who care about federation and people who are sceptical to big tech. That's also my problem with Hive/Steemit because the only thing they're talking about is how great the blockchain is.
Whenever I find someone who does something I'm interested in I can be sure that he either has a Twitter and/or Instagram account. If that person has a Mastodon account they probably aren't as active as on other platforms
Will Instagram users change this? I don't know. Might they make it worse? I also don't know. The only thing I know is that you need more users to have a more diverse kind of content. And I know how easy it is to hate on Instagram but there's also a large amount of relevant content.
No I want r/ComedyNecrophilia r/AnarchyChess r/Feedthememes r/okbuddybaka r/mechanicalkeyboards r/linuxmemes and all the subs from certain games.
You overread the part were I said "hyperspecific nieches"
That's like not true at all. Just have a look into r/ComedyNecrophilia or r/OkBuddyChicanery
They are filled with shitposting but still very civilized. I'm not talking about r/shitposting because that place is trash.
It's a different kind of humour that most are used to but that doesn't make it bad. It's juts different and more absurd.
How is that bad? I'm left on the political spectrum so I dont think we should exclude them.
With guides I mean places like r/FreeMediaHeckYeah and theindex.moe which are both made by reddit users.
You're oversimplifying. A lot of new people also means a lot of new people who are against this type of stuff. It means that there are new people who hate the next US President or the next UK Queen/King. What You're saying are just stereotyps which aren't even true most of the time.
The whole time you're using stereotypes that are wrong.