Fandom Platform Use Over Time

[birguslatro]

This is an interesting read...

https://slate.com/technology/2018/03/why-did-fans-leave-livejournal-and-where-will-they-go-after-tumblr.html

It reinforces the point that migrations won't happen without somewhere better to migrate to.

Comments

[flick]

Oh, very interesting, especially the graph!

[birguslatro]

Indeed. Dreamwidth seemed to lose its momentum around 2010 and never regained it. No mobile app for it is probably the killer.

That two sites (A03 and Tumblr) have replaced LJ (for fandom) is the really interesting thing. It suggests more focused sites instead of broadly featured ones are a viable approach to social media. As long as they can interact nicely.

[flick]

No mobile app and, tbh, development seems to have completely stalled. I mean, the update page has been in beta with no changes for many years now.

[birguslatro]

No fire in the belly of the few leaders at the top any more. That said, at least it's nice and stable. And quite nice to use something that's not forever changing under you! :)

This I also found interesting...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-10/youtube-and-facebook-are-losing-creators-to-blockchain-powered-rivals

https://d.tube/ looks like it'll be fun!