#AskFedi: what keeps you from building your own community space on the web, that works exactly the way you want? :boost_requested:
This doesn't have to be about a fediverse space, and it doesn't matter what kind of reason it is - technical, financial, social, ethical, otherwise, I want to hear them all 🙂
(Boosts much appreciated, I'm hoping for this to get outside of my bubble!)
@joepie91
If that would be a community space of irl friends and family etc, then the problem would be convincing them to join me. Because 99% wouldn't leave Whatsapp and 1% is extremely picky (you know who you are)
When it comes to online friends, lots of them are either picky and/or could build something far better. Even when they are the ones doing the tech part, because it can always be better.
so... social, I guess, plus the fact that I have no idea what's under the hood in social media
@StroomAfwaarts When you say "could build something far better", do you mean from a technical perspective, or from a community management perspective, or something else?
@joepie91 tech! So many languages and protocols to choose from, they will keep coming up with even better versions 😀
@joepie91 i have many time and energy constraints but the reason it's not even on my "i would like to do this someday" list is because i dont really have moderation or conflict resolution skills, and typically always avoid taking these kind of positions both for the lack of skills and a tendency to avoid conflict situations.
so, lack of skill and maturity mostly.
@joepie91 its probably clear that this is something I want to fix about myself, but it's both rather difficult and i very much do not want to cut my community management teeth on online communities. ive seen too many friends get burned (out) and spent too much time crying over internet strangers being mad at me when i was barely a teenager.
@operand Yep, entirely understandable. Thanks for your answer!
@alex Do you mean as in, not wanting to hang around there?
@alex Would carving out your own community space not help to make it easier to find likeminded people?
(Not intended to argue the point, but rather to understand where you're coming from, what your rationale is and what issues you see with that)
the most that i could ever do is a microscopic friend group but ive always been jealous of those small-ish fedi instances or internet groups where it was a bit bigger than 5 friends and it was mostly revolving around the idea of doing things together but also having a part of standalone presence (i dont know if vinesauce is a good representative of what im talking about idk)
idk theres so much i wanna say but its late and my brain isnt working well so i'd sound like a word salader
@alex You've already clarified quite a lot for me, thanks :)
Would be interested in chatting more about this at some later time, when you feel more up to it!
or a space with a theme/topic that is niche in itself
@joepie91 honestly I just don't have the ability to stick with the work. I can participate on and off but I'll have sporadic interest and then end up doing something else for a while.
@joepie91@social.pixie.town
For me the issue is I suffer from Multiple concussion syndrome and can no longer look at a monitor for very long. Before my concussions I would have and did make several personal spaces.
@joepie91 a big one is that moderation is hard and I don't have the spoon/personality matrix for it
@joepie91 eugen /hj
serious answer: self-doubt, lack of: confidence, trust in others, and skills
Background: I always ask these sorts of questions for the same reason - to keep my understanding of barriers that people run into "up-to-date"; and to make sure that I'm not overlooking things, especially those I might not experience myself.
The answers to these sorts of questions are an important part of how I decide what to focus my own efforts on, and I prefer doing it publicly so that hopefully it can inform other folks' priorities too.