Fediverse and parasocial relationships
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Shouldn’t the fediverse discourage patterns that create parasocial relationships?
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Wouldn’t it be better if the standard was a symmetrical relationship between users instead of the asymmetrical follow model?
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Most big social medias thrive on parasocial-relations, is it necessary to emulate that model for success?
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Shouldn’t we focus on community building and mutual friendship instead of forcing everyone to be a mini-celebrity?
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Aren’t communities/groups better for discoverability than the public feeds of mastodon, pleroma,etc
The parasocial relationships that pop up on the Fediverse tend to be more organic than they are on the corporate web. There’s no mega-influencers with millions of followers. The closest things are like, that guy at the pub everyone knows.
Isn’t that just a scale effect though? Don’t artists with similar numbers on traditional platforms behave similarly?