Reflecting on the firefish/calckey “moment”

which was about a year ago now, I can’t help but suspect it was a small event with wider implications on the dominance of #mastodon in the #fediverse

I think it was the last chance to direct the twitter migration energy into discovering new/different fedi platforms.

And it was blown, with alt-social in a weird steady/waiting state that’s smaller I suspect, than what many hoped for.

@fediverse
#firefish #calckey

cntd: https://hachyderm.io/@maegul/112358202238795371

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  • maegul (he/they)@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Copying the linked thread here (cuz I stuffed it up):

    So the basic story would be that mastodon’s dominance is pretty entrenched and the “migration” event is mostly “over” (whatever other “events” are on their way)

    But I wonder about the details of the firefish moment

    I think it revealed that there are/were plenty interested in novel & different platforms. We’re novelty seekers after all right. Generally, I’d wager any new platform needs some degree of novelty to “make it”.

    Further, its collapse showed how hard creating a new platform is.

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    Firefish did well at presenting itself as “professional”, capable and rich. But these were over-promises, and despite a number of people being involved or contributing, a good deal of user enthusiasm, the whole thing fell into a heap.

    And that’s the bit that concerns me. How many people/teams are there both capable and willing to put up a good, successful and sustainable platform?

    The #firefish lesson may be that the fediverse just hasn’t attracted a healthy building culture/personnel. 3/3