On big commercial social media, people think the websites they are on are a big deal: opinions you share there, people you interact with, engagement you receive. It must matter SO MUCH to them - especially to influencers who earn some money from it.
Well, commercial Web is an obvious fodder to the Fedi but what about other alternative social spaces? These small, timy websites with barely any activity on them… there’s no place for such delusions. They aren’t changing the world and they know it.
Fediverse, in comparison… oof. You see, it is the Future. If We succeed, the Evil will be defeated. The whole world depends on the few people who ended up on here. It is a quiet place now but it will inevitably become the most popular thing. The Year of Linux Fediverse is any day now!
This feel of self-importance and superiority leads to the level of drama almost on-par with the corporate socials which is highly unusual in such small online spaces, at least in my experience.
But do people actually reason like that or is this your own perception, and you’re arguing against what you think people think?
It is my best guess as to why Fediverse is such a drama-filled space despite it’s size. I might be wrong of course.
Ever lived in a small town? Drama and gossip is fun. This is the most entertaining thing that’s happened on here for a while.
Also FOSS just kinda attracts big arrogant personalities, we’re taking about people who are so confident and passionate about being to make better software than the corps that they did it for free.
Drama is fun until admins start defederating each other or mods start splitting communities…
That was my thought also. Communities (in general, not Lemmy-specific meaning) focused on Linux are also often drama-filled. Maybe that’s just how FOSS communities are.
Yes, I have, and no it’s not. It’s just all there is except for high school football, making more kids, and the same drama and gossip but on Facebook. IMO that’s why small towns are so toxic once you get past the thin veneer of “small town charm”. Couldn’t wait to leave the one I grew up in.
And after re-reading OP’s opinion, I starting to see the parallels.
Where there are people, drama always appear. No matter size or target audience
Yes, the only difference is that on bigger places that the drama has bigger chances of getting diluted and not hearing about it.
Or the drama becomes so large that it ruins someone’s life.
I usually blame that on bullies being safely more anonymous than their victims, but yeah you’re right, that’s one of the nastiest possibilities.