I don't think I would ever be in favor of activity that leads to further centralization. I don't disagree that fragmentation can make things somewhat confusing for new users, but there are some advantages as well. I like to post to smaller communities for the most part rather than the larger ml and world domains. The responses are more focused on the topic at hand, the communities are usually less hostile and hive-minded, and having all discussions on a just a few big servers leads to a the problem of having all of your eggs in one basket (ie. discussions and accounts disappearing when these servers can't maintain server costs, the admins move on to other projects, or just poor maintenance practices.) To me it is worth the effort to cross-post and seek out other communities to find interesting content.

[–] Ashtear@lemm.ee 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Indeed, if these places are able to survive, they'll survive. No need to force it.

This kind of worship at the altar of efficiency is a big part of why we are losing our third places in society. Half the reason I'm here is to build. Not consolidate.

[–] rglullis@communick.news 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This kind of worship at the altar of efficiency is a big part of why we are losing our third places in society.

This is a brilliant and eloquent observation. My only concern is that younger people (and more specifically younger people from North America, the dominant demographic here and on reddit) never even had a third-place to begin with, so they wouldn't know what they are missing.