Subj : Resurgence of non-mainstr
To : Arelor
From : DaiTengu
Date : Sat Apr 30 2022 11:58 am
Re: Resurgence of non-mainstr
By: Arelor to Kaelon on Fri Apr 29 2022 05:59 pm
Ar> When the Spanish TV released some news about Quitter, a group of nodes
Ar> from the Fediverse, portraying it as an anticapitalist version of Twitter,
Ar> there was an avalanche and their services got overloaded.
Ar> A month later all the newcomers had left for good.
Ar> People is not constant at all.
Social media sites need to have instant traction, and about 75% retention in the beginning or they're going to fail. I was involved with a crypto-based social media site last year. a year's worth of work was put into it, but it wasn't quite marketed right. It was too complex for the "average" person, it got overloaded with crypto-bros and only had about 25% retention (people signed up for the free crypto and didn't come back for the most part).
Fortunately the guy in charge saw what was happening after a few weeks and pulled the plug. He released the code behind the site as FOSS so maybe someone in the future can run with it once some of the underlying issues are worked out.
About the only "social media" sites that really stand a chance as a startup are things like internet forums that are focused on a niche topic. Even Facebook has killed off a ton of those with "groups", but forums are still leaps and bounds better with the ability to easily search for information, especially if stuff is well organized.
You have to walk a very fine line though. if your topic is too "niche" your site won't gain enough traction to generate content so others can find you.
DaiTengu
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