I think this is really just nostalgia driven more than anything. In my view, the best social media practices come from fediverse apps, being open-source and community-driven. However, since fedi apps are not propped up by marketing and advertising revenue like Meta and X, they’re more of a niche platform made up of mostly 40 year old software engineers, and subsequently lack diverse spaces in the same way that traditional social media has the capacity to.
I think this is really just nostalgia driven more than anything. In my view, the best social media practices come from fediverse apps, being open-source and community-driven. However, since fedi apps are not propped up by marketing and advertising revenue like Meta and X, they’re more of a niche platform made up of mostly 40 year old software engineers, and subsequently lack diverse spaces in the same way that traditional social media has the capacity to.