I'm Un-Modding From My Subs About Power, Corruption & Lies

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[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Decentralized sites to co-indie-host instances is most certainly the way to go. Spread out across the Interwebs, co-host at work, at home, and all the places individuals maintain control over. Fuck corporations and their strangleholds. Provide "free" wi-fi and B.A.T.M.A.N. networks. IMO every capable human should have decentralized home and/or office servers, just like they have appliances.

But dividing up the community is a bad idea, IMO. If the subs had actually been managed years back, then people would be able to share community-packs (for lack of a better term) collecting topical subs into categories/packs. I tried to categorize the subs into multi-subs years ago.

Simplistic options to join might include:

  • Politics Pack
  • Progressive Pack
  • Conservative Pack
  • Conspiracy Pack
  • Non-Partisan Pack
  • Solutions Pack
  • Wellness Pack
  • Counter-Culture Pack
  • Geek Pack
  • DIY Pack
  • Hobbies Pack
  • Video Pack
  • Gaming Pack
  • etc etc etc

I would expect many people would stay within their interests. Further, folks in these communities would decide what subs are included or not.

It would be like a better managed filter level between /s/all and the chaos of all the subs. IMO, without knowing anything about coding, it would still be very possible and practical for the current SaidIt, though sorting through the hundreds of subs would be a pain, but once accomplished could be very worth while.

yet he doesn't foster arenas for improvements.

I have a lot of reservations about the website, but have yet to publicly express them.

I think you should express them, especially in the next-gen forum discussions. Omit security issues or discuss them as hypotheticals.

It doesn't take a genius to ask for suggestions and help. I created /s/IdeasForSaidit, /s/SaidItSurveys, and others to help foster teamwork. I'm quite positive those subs could be thriving if he'd bothered to cultivate a team spirit and community towards perpetual improvement. I don't know what mires him down (besides global tyranny). It's still not too late for some of this, even as we develop the next-gen ideas, we'll still need this platform to be firm to evolve from, ideally bringing all of this content along too.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Decentralization seems kind of cool, but it could be abused if it's too decentralized. That would solve the issue of mod abuse, though, since someone else could just make a new, for example, politics server and users could switch over.

I do plan on talking about a few things, and want to be part of the community.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, decentralization has some serious tribalizing issues. And they can be discussed and perhaps remedied. I have a bunch of abstract ideas (I'm no coder), and can brainstorm more, but they aren't worth bringing up unless folks get serious about developing a Next-Gen Forum.