Exactly. On reddit I’d probably type out this comment, see that the post is X hours old or see that there are already 5000 replies and think “meh, no one will see this anyway. Best case scenario I get an upvote or two”. But here I feel like I’m part of a conversation and actually contributing something.
One of the many strengths of federation - You get access to all the content a big community has, but the instances mean you still get the small community feeling
Exactly. On reddit I’d probably type out this comment, see that the post is X hours old or see that there are already 5000 replies and think “meh, no one will see this anyway. Best case scenario I get an upvote or two”. But here I feel like I’m part of a conversation and actually contributing something.
One of the many strengths of federation - You get access to all the content a big community has, but the instances mean you still get the small community feeling
Yep! Kinda surreal to see that something like this is even possible since it seems like a contradiction.
Hear, hear