A warning and a perspective from an insider who has been through this before.

  • realitista@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Should be mandatory reading for anyone who wants this to succeed. I hope we don’t make the same mistakes as doomed so many other open source open protocol projects in the past.

      • HTTP_404_NotFound@lemmyonline.com
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        1 year ago

        The solution is to simply ignore the corpos

        I envision- its not that simple.

        They will likely offer the one thing we are missing here-

        Ease of use, for normal people. Ie, your grandma using her facebook app, can interact with you via the fediverse.

        That being said- most of us will know, the temporary boost to the fediverse will not be worth the long-term consequences. But- to your average user, they will love this idea.

        So- only time will tell. Although, Mastodon has quite a following and has been holding steady so far.

        • RandoCalrandian@kbin.social
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          1 year ago

          It doesn’t matter what they offer, whatever it is or however nice, it’s a trojan horse.

          It is not in our or the fediverse’s interest to cede any form of control to these corporations who have a monetary interest in ensuring our failure

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            1 year ago

            It doesn’t matter what they offer, whatever it is or however nice, it’s a trojan horse.

            I am in agreeance with you. I KNOW what happens when they get involved.

            The problem is, 90% of the users do NOT. All they care, is the app on their phone works.