It’s not a fuck every company though, Especially if you don’t want the rest of the internet to be around / exist. I know people in my life that won’t move across because X user is not moving across, and sometimes that’s brands.

While I personally think if Apple tomorrow created there own Fediverse Instance where they’d post updates about there latest products it will be mass de-federated a lot like METAs Threads.

Most brands problems would most likely be based off there interaction and usability of the systems, These are not places to post and forget, interaction is a key element to the Fediverse and things get buried if people don’t interact on here.

You mentioned about not having a hard-line for company sizes, this has explained my point, you can’t put a hard-line down on what size a company has to be or anything, The only thing you can do is ask for interaction and a sense of the user being genuine behind the account as any account of the Fediverse.

The Fediverse is built in a way that Advertisement is hard, at least payed advertisement that we see through Legacy Socials, pushing the ad in your face and it feeling sour. This is something I and others are trying to work out how to make things feel genuine instead of bitter, how does ones tiny company showcase what they do without making it feel corporate.

I simply asked if there was any successful cases of the Fediverse having business’ come and stay on the Fediverse, I have since realized I already know a few such as @trakt@ruby.social or @obsidian@mas.to both amazing products I’ve been using for years and forget are actually on this amazing system. They don’t feel like ads, they post updates.

You cannot stop people from using these systems, but you can guide them. So how would you guide these brands / companies to make it feel genuine instead of bitter.

So a business with only 1-3 people running it, building video games and showcasing what they’ve done shouldn’t be allowed to post on platforms like this?

Why do you feel so strongly about even small business’ not being able to access and showcase there work? Should we also tell Linux Developers they shouldn’t use this type of platform as well? I’m sorry Mastodon Devs you can’t even use your own platform you developed… There’s a lot of flaws in this sort of logic

Do you think it’s more because the person themself is posting as themself or that a brand often gets seen as to professional and kinda has that bad feeling from it?

Well I see some of your point, you can simply mute or block the accounts and move on.

Brands can also have the advantage of communication with there audience especially for smaller business’ that are growing. While some people like yourself don’t want the Fediverse to grow, others often want to have some of the luxurious such as small companies on this system so they can share and boost there local business’.

@MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz Thank you, writing this at 2am was not a good idea.

I posted this on both Lemmy and Mastodon at the same time forgetting that, What Communities do you use and why?

What communities are you interested in then, I forgot Lemmy itself doesn’t allow you to follow users but wanted to ask what they follow and why.

@Jasperthewolf@pawb.social I normally post all about it on this profile, I’m happy for people to post it up on Discord, Instagram, Twitter, anywhere people might see it. More ads will be made in the future just need the ideas, time and sometimes money for things like Posters.

Here’s my 6 banners

@Jasperthewolf@pawb.social Would you like me to give you my banners I created to help advertise the Fediverse. They aren’t the best but could help

@Jasperthewolf@pawb.social What do you feel you can help with? It’s always great to think of how you can help the Fediverse grow :3 x

@Jasperthewolf@pawb.social This is something that I hope to solve in the near future

Yeah I get that, when it comes to Celebs I’m not sure how to solve that but I know I’m planning on making posters to plaster up and advertise the Fediverse as a whole. I’m also looking to sell these sorts of posters to people using the Fediverse so we can get more advertisement out there.

When it comes to digital advertisement it’s a bit of posting on normal social media but also educating people through Videos, Comments and more. It’s trying to show we are a great place for people to go and it’s not as complex as people think.

@Jasperthewolf@pawb.social It is what’s upsetting about it at the moment, It’s also what ActivityPub and The Fediverse is here to solve into the Future, the main issue is we need platforms to adopt it and grow alongside each other. It’s one of the things I’ve been trying to do with creating banners and little digital adverts for the Fediverse.

Soon I hope to push into other sections that could help push people to move across, in the end people can’t move unless they learn about it, The only way to learn about is to be educated by the people using it.

I think that sort of thing would end up being closer to Ebay or Facebook Marketplace rather than Amazon but yet a marketplace or a way to have people advertise things even with a tag on Mastodon like #Marketplace and maybe a few marketplace lemmy communities.

That could be a good start till people build out Fediverse Software that would help people find items in there local area or business’ can sell things directly on here.

That is the dream, It would be amazing to see the Fediverse grow and maintain a larger userbase.

Genuinely I think creating the community, using it and trying to actually get it growing is a huge thing and could bring others to the table and realize there are people like yourself out there.

There was a mirror at one point, the main reason most people didn’t enjoy it is due to the replies and feedback kinda being non-existent as the users can’t see your comment and it just get’s put on this random bot instance.

So would it not be better to have communities in Lemmy for that or hashtags for Mastodon and the rest of the Fediverse for finding work / networking?

What would the use of a LinkedIn Alternative be? Isn’t it just a circle jerk for business’