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   Stefano Marinelli (stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Dec-2023 17:36:38 JST Stefano Marinelli

   Big Fedi, Small Fedi

   https://evanp.me/2023/12/26/big-fedi-small-fedi/

   #Fediverse #Mastodon #ActivityPub

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     phiofx (phiofx@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Dec-2023 17:46:08 JST phiofx

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     @stefano

     I dont think we have much choice on the matter. The #fediverse must grow at least to a point it is long term sustainable.

     Eking a niche safe space in the shadows of abusive #bigtech might seem viable right now, but will it be tomorrow or in a few years as technology evolves and creates ever more means of control and abuse?

     An #opensource, human-centric, connected online world needs to have critical mass and become a shaper of developments, not a passive response.

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     phiofx (phiofx@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Dec-2023 20:01:02 JST phiofx

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     • Nils Goroll 🕊️:varnishcache:

     @slink @stefano there might be other factors but the onus is on people dismissing adoption to bring them out and demonstrate they can lead to a sustainable future.

     Personally i think its a tall and peculiar task. This is a social technology after all.

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     Nils Goroll 🕊️:varnishcache: (slink@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Dec-2023 20:01:03 JST Nils Goroll 🕊️:varnishcache:

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     • phiofx

     @phiofx @stefano as much as i agree to the sentiment, equalling size to sustainability sounds wrong to me.

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     phiofx (phiofx@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 28-Dec-2023 18:41:52 JST phiofx

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     • smallcircles (Humanity Now 🕊)

     @smallcircles @stefano the unknown factor is the degree and speed of #digitalliteracy diffusion. Corporate control of tech follows it being the only economic pattern that cajoled enough brains to tap into its potential. The public sector doing the same is (maybe) the next phase. Yet individual digital sovereignty through tech literacy is the noblest destiny of the fediverse. Should be (imho) an explicit human right / UN #SDG as this will shape our future more than anything else.

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     smallcircles (Humanity Now 🕊) (smallcircles@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 28-Dec-2023 18:41:54 JST smallcircles (Humanity Now 🕊)

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     • phiofx

     @phiofx @stefano

     > The #fediverse must grow at least to a point it is long term sustainable

     This.

     A most crucial point. On a technical level marvelous work has been done, but what makes the Fediverse delightful are the socio-cultural aspects facilitated by the tech. These can only be cultivated, slowly and organically. And that took many years.

     Grow too fast, and this culture will wither and die, to be replaced by same old same old corporate-controlled playgrounds. That is the current trend.