Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

@amerika @The_Quantum_Alpha @brian @thor @zleap

I saw twitter in the same way, a chance to communicate with others. But I am trying to figure out how one would create a sense of community in a space like this. What it would take for that. Not even twitter felt like it had it. I think it takes more effort but I need to look into that. Because it does feel less like a community on here now but I can't put my finger on why. Is it the fact that we've gotten larger? Is it the direction that the fediverse has taken since those earlier times?

I don't think we'll appeal to people that aren't technically minded. We're looking at the type of people who would join twitter, the type of people that are looking for a better alternative or who wouldn't touch twitter but like the idea of microblogging. I think we have something here that offers more to them than twitter does. Even if it is still buggy in parts. It is still useable in that we are able to use it for this conversation. But you are right, it is harder to be active here despite that the devs have been trying to make it easier. Like how posts get pulled easily from other instances when you start out. But it does take effort to start out, especially on your own instance. It can be overwhelming. The fediverse doesn't hold your hand in the same way that twitter does when you sign up, twitter would force you to follow people while signing up. Could maybe do with a default FAQ to help new users, GNU/Social got this right.

Just because people are doing their own stuff, doesn't mean that other people can't come and socialise with them. If we could replicate that experience from offline, it would be great. Where you do your own things in silence and still feel like you are together. Sometimes silence is comfortable. It just doesn't work so well because it is harder to tell who else is there on social media doing this. But you can still ask questions and cheer people on when they talk about their projects.

On pleroma, replies are akin to the thread being bumped and thankfully we get to see them. People can sticky their own posts, even bookmark posts to come back to later. There are three different timelines to choose from to find content. It's just done at an individual level. I don't know how well this works for what you had in mind.

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Remembering Aaron Swartz, who died on this day, a victim of the copyright system https://walledculture.org/remembering-aaron-swartz-who-died-on-this-day-a-victim-of-the-copyright-system/

By @glynmoody

Aaron's face gets thrown around the internet to prop up campaigns and etc, but it's important to remember that Aaron was an activist for digital rights, and was bullied into suicide by a system that wanted to punish him for his activism. He was also a human being with friends and family who loved him dearly.

Good luck to all those testifying today in support of the #SOFTWAREAct! https://u.fsf.org/3hj