Niche online communities and media grew in 2017, through Patreon, TinyLetter, “finstagrams”, and more as people looked for alternatives to Facebook and Twitter
Why tiny, weird online communities made a comeback in 2017 — Americans got tired of big social media in 2017. Tweets: @rianvdm , @taylorlorenz , and @laurengoode See also Mediagazer Tweets: Rian van der Merwe / @rianvdm : A sobering look at our need for niche communities. “The year we wanted the internet to be smaller” http://www.theverge.com/... Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz : Anyway I'm logging off for a while but open social networks like Twitter have become toxic cesspools and everyone should read @kait_tiffany's fantastic piece on why ppl are moving away from places like this and into smaller/closed groups http://www.theverge.com/... Lauren / @laurengoode : “Every banal, stupid thing you hate about living in the world is also something you can hate about the internet, and every good, vital thing that keeps you walking around without your face in your armpit is also on the internet.” http://www.theverge.com/... via @kait_tiffany See also Mediagazer