Fediverse hot takes:
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The only true client is the browser.
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Microblogging be damned.
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it’s the instances/servers that are federated, not the users (ie us) … and damn that too.
Fediverse hot takes:
The only true client is the browser.
Microblogging be damned.
it’s the instances/servers that are federated, not the users (ie us) … and damn that too.
@maegul @fediverse
Can you expand on 2)?
@mkarliner @fediverse I don’t like microblogging. Specifically, I don’t like it as a primary or dominant medium or platform structure. I think it’s bad for bringing people together, for having substantial or fruitful conversations or for aggregating wisdom/expertise.
It’s main quality is it’s Freeform random chatty nature, which works best IMO as a glue-platform between more structured platforms.
@mkarliner @fediverse I like the analogy of a conference or exhibition. There’s the main event, which is held in (multiple) theatres or presentation rooms. This is structured. Usually a presentation of prepared material followed by managed Q/A time.
Then there’s the hallway/atrium. People mingle, socialise and discuss informally. Microblogging is the latter. The former is traditionally valuable. But both are good. But the latter on its own is poor.
@maegul @fediverse
I guess my trouble is I’m only good at one liners…
Agreed! Microblogging is great to explore diverse people, but any critical yet constructive conversation needs a structure
yes, weird how microblogging is being damned through…a micro-blog post.
@altair222 @mkarliner these are “hot takes” and I intend a degree of humour to them though I stand by their substance at least points worthy of contention.
That being said, I’d prefer all of these and any additions I make being a single blog post.
Not also that I’m posting them to Lemmy, which means they’re all comments to the parent post in a single thread/conversation. All better, IMO, than microblogging.
Would love to read a blog!
Do you consider lemmy (this post) to be a micro-blog?
Or are you referring to other federated platforms?
[I’m asking because I genuinely don’t know]
@picoblaanket no not at all. I’m not aware of any limit on the number of characters in a post or comment. And the way comments are threaded with each other and within a post is a structure that microblogging doesn’t have at all.
Yes that’s true. This format is great for quality posts and discussions.