> > Man, apart from the Heyuri related stuff, Vidlii really sux (;´Д`)
> I wrote about it at length on here in the past, but sum pplz didn't
> want to face teh facts (;^Д^)
Vidlii has that typical problem which many 'alternative' sites suffer
from, namely that it tries to 'bring back the old Internet' in a very
warped and out-of-touch sort of way;
-First the admin gets sick of overmoderation on mainstream sites, and
decides to rebel against that by enforcing no moderation whatsoever,
just to fulfill some kind of libertarian fantasy about what the Internet
used to look like, that isn't at all true.
-Thanks to having little or no moderation, there is little or no
discernible culture, which means the site is not attractive to anyone
except right-wing zealots, gorefags, low-effort shitposters, and
edgelords, who really only value the site as a place to dump their
bullshit, which is usually banned everywhere else.
-Thanks to the large presence of unfunny edgelords, the site loses any
word of mouth traction. Anyone who stumbles onto the site or checks it
out based on some reccomendation with soon find it utterly detestable.
Even if they're into edgy stuff, they will likely get bored if they have
any appreciation for diversity. This means that the only people who
stick around will be the aforementioned edgelords, who again only like
the site because their bullshit wouldn't fly anywhere else.
-Thanks to admin not moderating, this becomes an ever repeating vicious
cycle.
Reference: 2023/10/17(Tue) 15:50:32