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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 26-Sep-2024 21:52:48 JST 翠星石

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   • lumi :blobcatnom: :blobcatflower:
   @lumi >a free software project not allowing community involvement
   A group of developers that prefer to not accept community commits isn't a problem with free software, as anyone can choose to fork and accept community involvement in development of the forked version.
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     lumi :blobcatnom: :blobcatflower: (lumi@snug.moe)'s status on Thursday, 26-Sep-2024 21:52:49 JST lumi :blobcatnom: :blobcatflower:

     when it comes to platforms, in my opinion, the most important thing to look at is the power gradient between the users and the provider(s)
     
     this power gradient can be influenced by many factors, some factors will dominate everything else, such as the software being proprietary or there only being a single provider (said differently, the service is centralized). these immediately make the gradient very steep
     
     but these are not the only factors, the community in a free software project being toxic also makes the gradient steeper, as this makes it harder to participate in the community around a project
     
     another factor is interoperability: open and interoperable standards tend to make the gradient a lot more shallow, because anyone can choose (or create) any implementation they want
     
     but even if you have an open, federated standard, if it is difficult to self-host, that makes the gradient slightly steeper again
     
     some other things make the gradient steeper, for example a centralized platform demanding a phone number or id verification, or a free software project not allowing community involvement