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  • nasi_gorengtoFediverse@lemmy.worldWhy is Mastodon struggling to survive?English
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    I agree with top comment.

    I’m Indonesian. Most of trending fediverse are Western related topics which It’s not relevant to me.

    There’s one time when I randomly post about my country politics, and people on Mastodon just assume or comment using Western mindset.

    Other than this Lemmy account, I mostly stick with hobby-related fediverse that mostly East Asian and Southeast Asian people (mostly Misskey instance)

    Also, Indonesian is currently the highest user on Twitter, recently bypassed Brazil. People still use it as our local feed is well localized. No Western-related discussion and much more comfy.





  • nasi_gorengtoGaming@beehaw.orgLet's discuss: Visual Novels
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    Huge chunk of “visual novel” standard by Western-based site are not actually considered visual novel in Japan (and visual novel fandom).

    For example, Danganronpa and Phoenix Wright are not visual novel, but “adventure games/ADV.

    Even Nintendo’s Emio English promotional call it adventure games.




  • Creators like illustrator, comic artist, cosplayer, or blogger needs money to sustain their works.

    Fediverse is not anti creators. There are a lot of attempt (especially Japanese fediverse community) to embrace this demography.

    It’s possible to create pro-creator service without making fediverse succumb to corporate greed.

    After all, fediverse should be all about inclusivity. If you don’t like creators, just block them.


  • nasi_gorengtoTechnology@lemmy.worldSub.club is here to help the fediverse make moneyEnglish
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    Fediverse is all about inclusivity. You want to create your own community? Sure. You don’t like creators? Just block them.

    It’s not about commodification of culture, but realizing that all illustrator, comic artist, writer, and designer are in the end still have to make money for their living.

    Even Lemmy, Mastodon, or any FOSS software still need funding to make it works.

    It’s possible to make creators on fediverse feels like their home without all corporate greed. Even right now, a lot of comic artist and writers are making their way here, posting their creativity on various instance.


  • It’s still usable if you’re not on English side of Twitter.

    For example, recent Indonesian political movement relied on Twitter for discussion and updates. Mastodon or any fediverse is simply too niche and most people don’t have money to fund local general instance. There were several local fedi instance (Mastodon and Lemmy), but all of them quickly dead for low donation.

    Japanese-side is still alive (in positive manner) but people are making backup account on Bluesky and Japanese Misskey instances.




  • Except that’s not what happens.

    Just take a look at Facebook. Tons of AI generated slop with tens or even hundred thousands likes and people actually believing them. I live in Indonesia, and people often shares fake things just for monetisation engagement and ordinary people have no skill no discern them.

    You and I, or even every person here are belong to the rare people that actually able to discern information properly. Most people are just doom scrolling the internet and believing random things that appears to be realistic. Especially for people where tech eduation and literation are not widespread.





  • nasi_gorengtoFediverse@lemmy.worldLemmy interoperability with other Fediverse projectsEnglish
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    One common problem for fediverse is that most of them are Western-oriented, hard to find people with similar interest and common topics.

    Lemmy so far is replicating Reddit, which is tend to one-size-fit-all community. Gaming community? c/gaming is de-facto. Linux community? c/Linux is de-facto. And so on. Sure there are other server, but the one with most active community wins.

    I usually use Facebook Groups with hundreds of thousands of people. It’s nice to see groups of really small niche, like “local fried chicken seller, “temple research South East Asia, or “Singapore-only comic collector”, etc.

    There are plenty groups with similar topic, but entirely different culture. For example general gaming group:

    1. Gaming group which predominantly SEA people where mobile gaming is common.
    2. Gaming group with mainly Western people where mobile gaming is considered lesser form of gaming.
    3. Gaming group with audience where anime-manga-tokusatsu and other Japanese pop culture are mainstream. (Taiwanese, Indonesian, Korean, etc)

    Another example, healthy food groups.

    1. Healthy food groups with people from area where vegan food is common without labeling (e.g. India, Indonesia, Myanmar, East Timor).
    2. Healhy food groups with predominantly Westerner that try to replace all food to vegan food.
    3. Healhy food groups that revolves around local food, which its recipe are only suitable for certain region.

    All these communities might be same, but the entire vibe are different. One might more welcoming, other are full or rough jokes, some are okay with multilanguge post (not English only community).

    Unless fediverse is able to replicate this, I don’t think it will reach full mainstream, especailly for people in Africa, Middle East, or Asia.

    Edit: I also want to see Misskey Channel interoperability, as it has the closest vibe so far with Facebook Groups.