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Wed, 14 Jun 2023 03:27:07 -0400

fediversenews via Jupiter Rowland

fediversenews@venera.social

@maegul

https://calckey.social/notes/9fxvpr90yg5apr22

Threadiverse? Seems there is a lot of ignorance of hubzilla.

Wed, 14 Jun 2023 05:33:04 -0400

Jupiter Rowland

jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

@hubzillar @maegul Yup, I don't know how #Hubzilla is seen by people who have never directly used it. My guess is still mostly not at all because they don't get that name shoved into their faces on a daily rate, much less actual interaction with it that doesn't feel like it might just as well come from elsewhere.

But there's one more reason why Hubzilla isn't seen as part of the #Threadiverse. Hubzilla does have forums, quite active ones, even. But almost all traffic on these forums comes from within Hubzilla because all active Hubzilla forums that I'm aware of are about Hubzilla. Most of the few users of these forums who aren't on Hubzilla are on #Streams which, by the way, should count as part of the Threadiverse just as much as Hubzilla.

The complete lack of activity between ActivityPub users and Hubzilla forums actually lead to nobody knowing for sure if, and if so, how well users of ActivityPub projects can interact with Hubzilla forums because they never do. This, in conjunction with the growing of the Threadiverse, is why I've suggested the creation of public test forums on both Hubzilla and (streams) so that experiments in cross-project, cross-protocol federation don't disturb the activity on other forums.

Tue, 20 Jun 2023 16:59:27 -0400

Scott M. Stolz

scott@loves.tech

@Jupiter Rowland We definitely need some more forums on different topics. I think that would change things a lot and start to put Hubzilla and Streams on the map.

In my experience, to jump start a forum, you need at least two people who post and engage in conversations everyday. If you have some interesting or useful conversations, people will join the forum and jump in. People just can't help commenting on stuff. After awhile, you build a community, and have regulars posting frequently. After that, you need at least one person who logs in daily, preferably the admin or moderator, to engage in the community.

This is similar to how a social media account needs to post frequently to attract a following; a forum has to have frequent posts to attract a community.

So it does take dedication to start a discussion community on any platform. We may want to join forces and start creating forums on different topics, with at least two people dedicated to engaging in discussion on the forum everyday.

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