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TokyoMonsterTrucker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
This happens with every migration from a large platform. One thing that insulates the fediverse, I think, is that it’s non-commercial nature makes it enshittification-proof. There are a lot of significant problems, but it’s super attractive that some tech-bro dickhead won’t blow up the platform to satisfy shareholders’ insatiable profit-lust.
Reddit is now firmly on the enshittification path, so it’s only a matter of time before another exodus wave.
canis_majoris@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
It doesn’t need to enshittify because it’s already kind of shit in a lot of ways.
A lot of basic features for moderation are not worked on, not prioritized by the dev team, and left to the wayside while large instances deal with CSAM attacks. There are massive, expensive SQL queries that can lock instances into downtime. If something is federated across the network it gets replicated, regardless of if it’s genuine/legal/proper content or not. That’s a huge flaw in the CSAM attack vector because it complicates the situation for everybody federated with the server being attacked.
I don’t have to worry about the platform getting shittier because it still needs to achieve a lot of basic functionality.
The only real place to go is up.
imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Harsh but fair.