devolution@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Fediverse. More needed than ever. Digg may be ok…
Digg may be ok…
No.
All of these services are okay at the beginning. That’s how it always starts, then in a few years there’s an optional subscription and then there are now tiers to the subscription and now you have to use their app and give it every permission on your phone, etcetc.
Stop going to these centralized services. The centralization of ownership is the problem, not any specific website or owner.
Stop going to these centralized services. The centralization of ownership is the problem, not any specific website or owner.
True, we need the Fediverse, but the Fediverse is only a little harder to knock down, not impossible.
Expecially in the US where fighting in court could simply (and often) bankrupt you. All it is needed to take down and instance is asking the provider the owner of the IP and then sue him for something. A company could fight, a private owner no.
Then maybe the federvise should not have addr in USA, maybe they should look after other country’s where you cant sue for everything.
Yeah but is the value in the service or the userbase and the data though?
When instances are going down that is at risk and the current federated model isn’t helping that much. Look at lemmynsfw and the other community that went down no so long ago.
Data portability and user migration isn’t so much more evident here quite yet.
Better sure but not perfect.
Oh yeah, the federated social media software isn’t perfect, I agree.
However, by leaving these giant advertising companies and data silos who side-hustle as a ad-ridden social media sites, we blunt that power which is being used to pour propaganda and misinformation into democratic systems around the world at the whim of a few individuals.
I’ll take some lost data, deleted instances and migration difficulties in exchange.
On that we agree: we must get rid way from those companies. And if possible get more of the general public to join us here.
I would love to see the fediverse being improved along my lines though. That would only improve it, its appeal and overall reliance.
Eh…Digg is like the little brother that wants to be cool, but just ends up burning down his own house.
Now, you may be thinking,
“But Lost_My_Mind! You burned down your own house when you were 5 years old! And you’re the little brother of the family!”
And that’s all true. But you see, the difference is…I was never trying to be cool.
I came so close… Didn’t know about flash paper. Thought magicians used tissues. Dropped a burning tissue into a pile of stuffed animals. Smothered the flames with the stuffies. And was then amazed that my parents never smelled the smoke, or noticed me popping windows to desperately air out my bedroom.
And that’s what makes you cool, it’s effortless cool.
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 11 hours ago
Digg is using AI for community moderation. I am sure that will work out well.
devolution@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
That explains the massive right wing presence there.