I agree with some of that kvetching, and no doubt ActivityPub and the FV still have much to achieve, but I still feel good about the overall model of the FV, and that I'm not being monetized nor exploited as with F------k, R----t, T-----r, and other social media platforms.

Indeed, there's a fundamental truth about us naked apes that consistently leads us down one slipshod path after another, and that has to do with our chronic discomfort upon uncertainty, and our aching need for surety across all things possible. Unfortunately (or fortunately as it were), reality tends to be a little more complicated than merely meeting our existential needs in such ways. Still, I can understand the sentiment, haha.

Or as an inciteful American once said: "Number One, I order you to take a Number Two!"
https://skipcut.com/watch/r2Y8RUGFlK4

[–] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

as with F------k, R----t, T-----r

My dude. My gal. Sibling of my Fediverse. We are in the Fediverse. You don't need to tiktok-censorship yourself like that. You don't need to fallback to 2000s cringe. Embrace the Fediverse. Embrace the truth.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Glad you picked up the reference there, compañito. XD

P.S.: "Naw Jawn, are there really that many girls named in NYC?"
--Bennett Cerf, on "What's my Line?"

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

so for me it goes back to newsgroups. I enjoyed those and morned the divide. slashdot took its place but its subject matter was limited so reddit took its place with me and now I have a true successor for newsgroups with the fediverse. im not looking to write a blog or such I just want to engage around topics im interested in.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Interesting. You sound old as hell (like myself), but someone who took a different path.

I tended to do 'forums' while you got the good ol' newsgroups, it sounds like?

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I was not online much like late 95 to 98 which I think is newsgroups hey day. Also pre 95 was academia and after 98 was isp type of thing.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago

Well, I... guess that answers the question.

Thank you for answering!

(hmm, where does the word "answer" come from, anyway?)
(it seems so odd across common English)