Post AXfademLbK3x3zaG92 by pablor@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AXfKKx91UkLhFsFXXs by tilvids@mstdn.social
2023-07-13T22:33:07Z
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If you're going to the trouble of moving your community, why would you move from one centralized service to another? I've given this advice to a number of #reddit subs so far:1. Start your own hosted website to post a daily summary of community news.2. Move your community to a federated services like #Lemmy or #Kbin.3. Start a social channel on #MastodonThe meltdown of Twitter and Reddit is a golden opportunity to #decentralize let's not squander it.#Fediverse https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/13/23794110/reddit-male-fashion-advice-protest-discord-substack
(DIR) Post #AXfL6AQxu2sC589hNg by dame@universeodon.com
2023-07-13T22:41:39Z
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@tilvids That makes it too simple without discussing the drawbacks.
(DIR) Post #AXfLMAT3XryUoslNMe by tilvids@mstdn.social
2023-07-13T22:44:33Z
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@dame While there are drawbacks (or more accurately, challenges), in my opinion none of them outweigh the importance of clawing back the Internet from massive corporate interests funded by a neverending series of invasive ads.
(DIR) Post #AXfLux974Cfpdf1PFI by dame@universeodon.com
2023-07-13T22:50:49Z
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@tilvids That’s fair that you stated that’s in your opinion and I’m not against the opinion of people taking power away from corporations. That’s not the perspective I was solely focusing on. I’m talking about millions of people used to accessing a subreddit that’s over a decade old. People want familiar, simple and where their family, friends and peers are.
(DIR) Post #AXfPuflm4V3PYzE8jQ by tilvids@mstdn.social
2023-07-13T23:35:35Z
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@dame Reddit was unfamiliar for them at one point as well. Discord is going to be unfamiliar to everyone migrating there that hasn't used it before. As long as people are having to go through the hassle of being forced to learn something new, it might as well be for a greater-good.
(DIR) Post #AXfQ4xZ4lRz7eMC0W0 by PublicLewdness@freespeechextremist.com
2023-07-13T23:37:30.356450Z
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@tilvids @dame I would add that most users barely know how to use the software that they use currently. Switching to something else won't be as hard as they imagine.
(DIR) Post #AXfQubSOCpD08rgsds by charliebrownau@poa.st
2023-07-13T23:46:49.926201Z
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(DIR) Post #AXfVYHgxVihaF3gMbo by Midnight@mastodon.social
2023-07-14T00:38:46Z
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@tilvids What is a "social channel" on Mastodon? I've not heard that term referenced before. Do you mean just a common hashtag a group of people use?
(DIR) Post #AXfXLruHkjushj7gq8 by tilvids@mstdn.social
2023-07-14T00:58:57Z
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@Midnight That's in the context of having a profile/channel that represents your group, as opposed to an individual. More likely, just a means of converting information outward.
(DIR) Post #AXfab6vQUrRbUOcHMO by Midnight@mastodon.social
2023-07-14T01:35:18Z
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@tilvids Oh, like how showerthoughts@lemmy.world as a profile is an automated "megaphone" for everyone in that community? Lemmy and kbin are services that automate that for you; are there other scripts that just focus on automating a "social channel"?Or is that third option more a manual process (some human actually has the credentials to the account, and manually re-shares appropriate content); sort of like what you as the tilvids profile are?
(DIR) Post #AXfademLbK3x3zaG92 by pablor@mastodon.social
2023-07-14T01:35:46Z
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@tilvids Are there simple tutorials that people can follow to set up their own website? I find that the Nerd Level around here is set to 11, and many users like myself would not even know where to start. Truly asking for others, not involved in Reddit at all.
(DIR) Post #AXgKY1TMuOEpbKxSvw by mrmasterkeyboard@mastodon.social
2023-07-14T10:10:08Z
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@tilvids I completely agree here. Why move from one big mega corporations social media service that is literally falling apart to another one that will soon follow? It’s time to make sure that nobody owns social media and we all go #decentralised. No more stupid API changes, no more community riot uprising, no more megacorps harvesting our data for third parties and no more “big blackouts”. It’s time we take back control of social media and go decentralised.
(DIR) Post #AXggfvyBRyrXqHY6yW by tilvids@mstdn.social
2023-07-14T14:18:08Z
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@Midnight The details are probably up to the community to decide; both are probably reasonable solutions. If there are opinionated voices in the community, the human approach might work. Conversely, if it's just a lot of news being posted, a bot aggregator might be enough.
(DIR) Post #AXgiKGCjjlzu8X9JQW by tilvids@mstdn.social
2023-07-14T14:36:38Z
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@pablor It depends on what you're willing to pay, and how much work you're willing to do. If you don't mind paying a bit of money ($10-20 a month) then you can get a service like #DigitalOcean or #Linode and use a one-click installer for something like #Grav #Ghost or #Hugo If you want to pay as little as possible, you can find a cheaper VPS (or even self-host) and install any of the above, but it's definitely more work and will require some technical trial-and-error.
(DIR) Post #AXgvqNTPXtqBLrarBo by AudraTran@fosstodon.org
2023-07-14T17:08:06Z
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@tilvids Because centralized services are reliable and well-funded. I like decentralization as much as the next guy but they aren't without their drawbacks. A big reason why Reddit has become so shitty is because it doesn't have a sustainable business model. Spinning up a new server is easy enough. Keeping it maintained and covering running costs is a whole other story. Not everyone has the time for that.I'm a big fan of decentralization but also can understand why some might choose not to.
(DIR) Post #AXh1nRGTanZtxzWcqW by natriumchloride@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-07-14T18:14:39Z
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@tilvids from my analysis what pays off the most if you need to promote your work is maintaining my own website and only promoting it on social networks from that main base & it's not exactly the easiest way but if you're going to be semi-serious about what you're doing then it's probably the best way. I would give the same or similar advice to maintainers of these communities as well