Comment by lud_lite
They can move to Discord, Whatsapp (huh!), Signal, Reddit or some sailor forum.
If FB disappeared they could reroute.
Bigger things are disappearing and we are going to be fine*. E.g. much world trade with the US.
They can move to Discord, Whatsapp (huh!), Signal, Reddit or some sailor forum.
If FB disappeared they could reroute.
Bigger things are disappearing and we are going to be fine*. E.g. much world trade with the US.
Moving a community is much much harder than you're making it out to be. Especially when there's a long history of content and - most importantly - trust between members.
Asking people to re-learn the new modalities and UIs and where everything is etc.. particularly for a less technical crowd.
> Discord, Whatsapp (huh!), Signal
where nothing is searchable, linkable, or otherwise legible. That's a tradeoff. It has some upsides, but downsides as well.
(granted search has been struggling to not suck in general lately, facebook among others has joined the campaign against legible links, so losses are taking place in web environments anyway)