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One of the advantages of being on Kbin is that you can scroll All by New, and see genuinely interesting content (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by Doll_Tow_Jet-ski@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

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On Reddit, browsing r/All by new would show so much spam, it was really pointless if you just were looking for content. One relied on reddit's algorithm to show you new stuff you hadn't actively searched for. The nice thing about Kbin, and the threadiverse in general, is that you can browse m/All by New as see genuinely interesting posts.

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[–] NoRodent@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I'm afraid that's just because spammers, trolls and other bad agents haven't discovered this platform yet and/or there's not enough people here for spamming to be worth it. The current selection of users who were likely to join also probably has an effect. Once (if?) this grows and reaches more general population, I'd bet it will look similar to /r/all/new.

Edit: It's a kind of paradox. You want more users on the platform so that there's enough content and more niche communities can form but that inevitably makes the place less pleasant. Although this moment is still very, very far for kbin. I mean Reddit became absolutely humongous in the last several years.

[–] chemical_cutthroat@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

We have to learn and evolve. If we just keep making the same mistakes over and over again with social media, we are just gonna see Reddit after Reddit get shit down the toilet by asshole CEOs. I want to see lemmy/kbin grow, but I want the platform to evolve with the growth to stave off the bullshit that reddit allowed in for the sake of turning a profit.

[–] HidingCat@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Reddit has like, several hundred million users.

I think back in 2012, when it had about 50 million users it was already starting to feel really crowded. So at less than 200k users in the fediverse I'd say that worry is far off.