yeti@tilde.institute wrote:
There are some other media too, but I seem to lack the New-Fediverse genes. I prefer the original Federation (SMTP, NNTP, IRC). Imo pubnixes often run far too many competing services and that spreads the few active users over far too many lonely places.
I hear ya there. SMTP and NNTP are my favorite ways to communicate, but I fear their strengths (low volume, high barrier to entry) are also causing everything to get quieter and quieter.
I enjoy all of the various services, but it does make it hard to know what you should check. Maybe it would be cool if each server put a preferred communication method in the motd. Keep the other services, but have an opinion on the matter, you know?
Of course, the answer would probably be what it is now: IRC, which is fine and fun, but I like asynch- ronous messaging.
comradecrow@tilde.institute wrote:
...My tendency to lurk probably is not helping
Hey, lurking is just about all I do! But if you ever see me in w(1), send me a message with write(1)!
meta4@tilde.institute wrote:
I'm a little surprised that having a non-commercial place to escape the ever-expanding shitshow that is social media and the Internet is general isn't a bigger attractant.
That's exactly why I first joined, and why I'm coming back to it today.
dacav@tilde.institute wrote:
It looks like you had quite a 2026 so far!
Oof... This didn't all happen to me this year. I've kept busy, but not *THAT* busy!!
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Anyway, I guess this is the general problem. What I like about tildeverse is that it's federated, but somewhat sheltered from the rest of the Big-I Internet. But that's a weakness. Regardless, good to see we're still here!
Love and peace,
~rdh