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   Amgine (amgine@mstdn.ca)'s status on Thursday, 21-Mar-2024 21:44:20 JST Amgine

   • Evan Prodromou

   @evan

   :blinks repeatedly: wut?

   "The mobile spectrum is for making us happy" "The telephone wire is for making us happy" "The back fence is for making us happy" "Language is for making us happy"

   I wouldn't think the medium has any responsibility for the message, per se.

   "The actions of communicating and interacting with others is for making us happy." ← This, this I can get behind.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Thursday, 21-Mar-2024 21:44:19 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @amgine it's not a value-free tool. Social networking software is for connecting people. That's what it's for, and that's what it does.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 01:21:03 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @amgine Are you really trying to suggest that the 5-minute premium account POC I set up during an Open Space discussion yesterday are my "primary discussions" about ActivityPub? That's disappointing. I'm really sorry you don't know more about my work on AP, which is a major part of my life. I'd like my friends to have a better understanding of who I am and what I do.

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     Amgine (amgine@mstdn.ca)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 01:21:10 JST Amgine

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     • Evan Prodromou

     @evan

     No.

     Humans apply value to things; they are not intrinsically valued.

     Social networking software is for connecting people. That's what it's for, and that's what it does.

     It is a medium, a tool. Just as a broadsheet originally was to inform.

     Already your primary discussions are how to monetize this medium, rather than make it ~zero-cost for everyone to engage/host. Nearly everyone on social media walks around with a server-grade computer in their pocket.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 03:28:38 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @amgine Well, there's me failing to AGF. Sorry about that. Thanks for the note.

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     Amgine (amgine@mstdn.ca)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 03:28:39 JST Amgine

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     • Evan Prodromou

     @evan

     No, I am not saying that. But I saw at least three separate threads other than yours about monetization. It's super important, and I am not opposed to it, but it seems a lot more interest in that aspect - generally among the 'grow fediverse community' - than in the new platforms or expanding adoption/audience.

     I do know a lot about your involvement in AP, and have been a casual follower since b4 WV - definitely no hate!

     But a medium is nothing more than it is.