Things happen in waves over time. Relax.
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Nostr will never catch on.
We can't be sure of that yet, but this doesn't look good at all.
Meh. Fedi is super overblown, I see the same 50 ppl almost constantly and nobody else, it’s the same but worse really.
Yeah but obviously that's based on choice (and instance). Technically the fediverse is huge, just not the little non mastodon corner.
The non mastodon corner is the only part worth being on since mastodon censors even more than Twitter.
Perhaps the real lament is that there just aren't that many people like you and me anymore.
Conversation is boring if everyone is the same and agrees on everything though...
Good music is a combination of novelty and familiarity, and the same is true for any good art...And conversation is an art form. You need people who are like you so that you can feel comfortable, but who are different enough from you to give you new things to think about.
Well considered and articulated.
Precisely. Documents like 'The United States Constitution' exist as a result of the 'intersection of ideas.' Which implies a difference of ideas; coupled with the fact that in that time, an education and quality books were largely something enjoyed by the wealthier classes and included world travel, with 'teachers and institutions' from different parts of the world. So, a wealthy son of a landowning family in France in 1688, might have very different ideas and opinions of how best to govern and inspire economic activity and martial forces and exercise diplomacy than another individual in similar circumstances monetarily, albeit born in Germany, or Sweden, or Japan, etc. -- Differences in ideas and perspectives and approaches coupled with free exchange tend to refine each other.
That's true, but the conversation is completely non productive if you don't share any common premises with the people you are talking to.