Personally, I think that federated forums are the future of the fediverse.
Because anyone can join the fediverse and there is no centralized control, that means you are exposed to all types of people and content. But forums typically have membership requirements, community rules, and moderators. Since a lot of people are looking for a safe space, the safest space would be a fediverse-enabled forum that controls who can be a member and that moderates posts within the forum.
It also creates a sense of community that social media does not create. If you are looking for like-minded people, they are most likely to hang out in forums that have a specific topic, theme, or community. That makes it easier to discover new people to follow and interact with.
Combine federated social media and federated forums, and you have a powerful combination.
#forums #socialmedia #fediverse
Because anyone can join the fediverse and there is no centralized control, that means you are exposed to all types of people and content. But forums typically have membership requirements, community rules, and moderators. Since a lot of people are looking for a safe space, the safest space would be a fediverse-enabled forum that controls who can be a member and that moderates posts within the forum.
It also creates a sense of community that social media does not create. If you are looking for like-minded people, they are most likely to hang out in forums that have a specific topic, theme, or community. That makes it easier to discover new people to follow and interact with.
Combine federated social media and federated forums, and you have a powerful combination.
#forums #socialmedia #fediverse
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@scott for things like these I always emphasize moving the user experience logic to the user interface, including things like controlling which messages the user sees.
Don't control membership to the forum. Let anybody post whatever they want, but just don't show unwanted posts to the person following the forum, based on their own preferences for what they want to see.
Only want regulars or certain registered members contributions to show? Sure! But handle it in the UI so we don't have to go down the road of centralizing content controls.
