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reevaluate the way we design Fediverse interfaces and clients - njms - Ethical anti-design, or designing products that people can't get addicted to. (njms.ca)
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"Again, Twitter's interface was very intentionally designed to maximize the amount of time per day a person spends online. The Fediverse really doesn't need that, but it has it anyway. That's why I'm proposing that we reevaluate the way we design Fediverse interfaces and clients in light of how we can best strike a balance between creating a positive experience and one that puts the well-being of the person using your product first."

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

For corporate social media it is definitely a competition, but I dont think it makes sense to see the fediverse in the same way. We dont make more money from having more users, in fact having more users results in higher hosting cost and more moderation effort. Maybe there will be more donations, but thats far from certain. So I am totally happy even if Lemmy doesnt grow, as long as it provides an alternative space that some people find useful.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 years ago (1 children)

True, but even if your are not in it for commercial gain you are still kind of competing for users as any social media will be judged by users according to its relative number of users (sadly).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 years ago

I dont really care how others judge Lemmy. Its much more important how the Lemmy users think.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 years ago (1 children)

More users also mean more potential contributors (after all existing contributors can't work on the project forever ), it also means more content which means a higher probability that a certain person will find interesting content.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago

I dont mean to say that having more users is bad, I guess what I want to say is that Lemmy is already growing quite nicely on its own, so I dont see any need to make it more mainstream or anything like that.