2023 in social media: the case for the fediverse

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• tabarnaski@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sometimes I feel like the internet is reliving in a 30 year span what retail went through over a whole century. General stores and small specialized shops serving a limited number of clients, same as when you could put on a website to sell to the world the birdhouses you made as a hobby. Then came shopping malls and Walmarts and everybody went oh my god this is so cool, everything in one place. The same enthusiasm we felt over Facebook, Google, amazon. And now, seeing how the big players all sell cheap stuff, control the market and kill all competition, we look back at a time when there were more options, more freedom, and choose to use Lemmy instead of Reddit, and buy our coffee at the local roaster rather than Starbucks.

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  • Sheeple@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s both very much caused by capitalism so not a big surprise

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    • Bonehead@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Enshittification had been a thing for a very long time.

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    • Bluegoon@startrek.website ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Moron.

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  • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Look it Mr./Mrs. Moneybags over here, buying coffee from a coffeeshop at all...

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  • sour@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    am make coffer

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• malcriada_lala@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I was excited to see this article written on the verge but then I read it. Seems like they are only interested in what the fediverse can do now that Threads is getting in and sticking their foot in the door. It’s likely they needed Meta as a corporation to validate federation as something with real potential. We need to be highly critical about the entities who just see this as another way to make money off our data

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  • misk@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Vergecast people and David Pierce who wrote this have been on board with Activity Pub for much much longer.

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    • flamingos@feddit.uk ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They did mention Lemmy in the article.

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  • HidingCat@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That's a ridiculous take, can't believe it has so many upvotes. The Verge has staff on Mastodon for a while now.

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    • isles@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The Verge has staff on Mastodon for a while now.

      Is this an article for staff of The Verge? Or is it for an audience that might only relate to something if it’s connected to something they’ve heard of?

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  • Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I honestly don’t see how this was your takeaway from the article. That’s not at all what they were saying.

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  • sour@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    https://tech.lgbt/@FediPact/111581412339632217

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• Veedem@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It feels like the fediverse can be the true Web 3.0.

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