07-19-2021, 03:08 PM
(07-19-2021, 09:15 AM)Eleatic Guest Wrote: I don't know about the great Facebook exodus that has been referred to, but Facebook should not be a competitor due to its technical limitations that have been pointed out. Also, Facebook is more a thing for the older, first online generation. How many teenagers still register there? They are all now on Tiktok, Instagram and whatever. So, I feel we should be in principle able to outcompete Facebook, as long as we do our homework and broaden our scope.Nothing about Facebook 'should' exist, but it is manifestly clear to me from experience that many kinds of geeky communities moved to Facebook in the 2010s, just like many bloggers drop off the open web within a year of opening a twitter account. There is also YouTube, but YT is very focused on individual brands, and its heavily subsidized by the surveillance-propaganda business.
I can't recall anything I saw on FB or birdsite (except a link to the open web) which was useful for a geeky interest, whereas I have turned things from the open web into two learned articles, one scholarly book draft, and counting.
Nullis in verba
I have not checked this forum frequently since 2013, but I hope that these old posts have some value. I now have a blog on books, swords, and the curious things humans do with them.
I have not checked this forum frequently since 2013, but I hope that these old posts have some value. I now have a blog on books, swords, and the curious things humans do with them.
