I mean, he’s anti- Twitter and Reddit, and pro- Kbin and Lemmy so his take isn’t that bad…
I think he underestimates the readiness of Kbin and Lemmy, though. Sure, they’re rough around the edges, they’re not full-featured reddit clones, but we can (mostly!) talk to one another and there’s a lot of excitement about being on the frontier, instead of just another pre-packaged marketing-focused software appliance. We’re doing OK, and we’ll only get better!
Even techies have issues deploying, maintaining and upgrading kbin and lemmy instances and even for those that work, the admins say they are held together by wishes, prayers and digital duct tape. From just the casual user’s perspective, the software is buggy, not intuitive, a lot of data gets lost in transit between instances and there’s a lot of downtime due to influx of new users (which is still a miniscule amount compared to what other social networks usually handle).
I don’t think he’s that far off when it comes to readiness. I want this to succeed but it’s not ready yet for the mainstream, maybe in another 6-12 months.
I’ve been watching the Vergecast podcast lately, and David’s take on a lot of this stuff is kind of wishy washy. I definitely think Alex Cranz and Nilay Patel have a better pulse on things.
This writer has some of the worst takes, I wouldn’t trust him. He’s probably my least-liked Verge writer.
I mean, he’s anti- Twitter and Reddit, and pro- Kbin and Lemmy so his take isn’t that bad…
I think he underestimates the readiness of Kbin and Lemmy, though. Sure, they’re rough around the edges, they’re not full-featured reddit clones, but we can (mostly!) talk to one another and there’s a lot of excitement about being on the frontier, instead of just another pre-packaged marketing-focused software appliance. We’re doing OK, and we’ll only get better!
Even techies have issues deploying, maintaining and upgrading kbin and lemmy instances and even for those that work, the admins say they are held together by wishes, prayers and digital duct tape. From just the casual user’s perspective, the software is buggy, not intuitive, a lot of data gets lost in transit between instances and there’s a lot of downtime due to influx of new users (which is still a miniscule amount compared to what other social networks usually handle).
I don’t think he’s that far off when it comes to readiness. I want this to succeed but it’s not ready yet for the mainstream, maybe in another 6-12 months.
What don’t you like about this particular article?
The idea that we need an all-encompassing social media platform.
I’ve been watching the Vergecast podcast lately, and David’s take on a lot of this stuff is kind of wishy washy. I definitely think Alex Cranz and Nilay Patel have a better pulse on things.
Yea, really do think Nilay’s the one that keeps The Verge ticking. As long as he’s the head editor, the site will do well.