Comment on Discord will restrict your account next month unless you scan ID or face

• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Or just get bought out. Discord was supposed to be the answer to Twitch getting gobbled up. Then Microsoft gobbled Discord.

  Does anyone seriously believe there’s an indie third party social media site immune to a multi-million (possibly even billion) dollar buyout offer? One that won’t go the way of TikTok and be legislatively forced into sale?

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  • WraithGear@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    i mean… i will pay the license for it, AND i have to self host it, so they have a monetary scheme that will delay the need for sensitization. but it’s 5$ or something, and reportedly has better audio quality, faster transfer rates, and lower overhead then discord. and because i am hosting it, i will have complete control over it and its white list

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  • thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Does anyone seriously believe there’s an indie third party social media site immune to a multi-million (possibly even billion) dollar buyout offer? One that won’t go the way of TikTok and be legislatively forced into sale?

    federated platforms

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    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Federation is easy. BlueSky is federated, ffs. You think Jack Dorsey would be shy about selling his Twitter knock-off a second time?

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      • thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Bluesky is poorly federated

        Lemmy is excellently federated:

        • Its users are split across many instances with no majority
        • Lemmy, PieFed, and other instance software exists, preventing anyone from seizing control of the network software

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