Comment on With the current situation with Tiktok, it's time for the Fedivers to rise.
HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth 21 hours agoEverything you said was spot on, and all of it is by design. The engineers and operators of the fediverse intentionally built their systems to be community-funded, algorithm-free, oriented around the tech-savvy, and otherwise deliberately eschewing the design principles behind corpo social media. None of that was an accident, it was the whole point.
So for people asking "when is the fediverse gonna create a competitor to tik tok" the answer is "never" because it was never its intent to do that. The friction is a feature, not a bug.
cinoreus@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Yeah, without a recommendation engine, or a for profit model, fediverse is destined to stay an enthusiast space.
HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth 18 hours ago
Which to be honest? Is totally fine with me. Re-diversifying the Internet is a good thing.
cinoreus@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
I mean, I too prefer being on lemmy over reddit. I was just wondering about the EUs current push for open source alternatives, if they can ever succeed in their pursuit.
HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth 8 hours ago
In that sense, I hope they do. I would like to follow official communications from, say, the WHO without needing to type in xcancel every time.