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   Tim Chambers (tchambers@indieweb.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 03:02:30 JST Tim Chambers

   "This is all to say that it is possible to build alternatives to Elon Musk’s X, Mark Zuckerberg’s Instagram, and whatever TikTok will become. It is happening, and it is necessary. The richest, most powerful people in the world have all aligned themselves and their platforms with Donald Trump. But their platforms’ relevance and importance doesn’t necessarily have to last forever. A different way is possible, if we build it."

   https://www.404media.co/decentralized-social-media-is-the-only-alternative-to-the-tech-oligarchy/

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     tsk (tasket@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jan-2025 02:39:32 JST tsk

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     @tchambers Yep, this is all we have, but only about 1M people worldwide can stomach fedi's shortcomings. Almost all of us are some type of Linux/FOSS enthusiast which ought to be a gigantic red flag that something is fundamentally wrong with UX – things I've complained about but no one with any ActivityPub expertise has acknowledged.

     TL;dr We are fucked.

     Tim Chambers repeated this.
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     RadioPhobicSherkPop (radiophobicsherkpop@ravenation.club)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jan-2025 02:39:32 JST RadioPhobicSherkPop

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     • tsk

     @tasket @tchambers the advantage the fediverse has is that it doesn't have to make its money back in a short period of time because it's not set up to provide shareholder value.

     It can grow slow and steadily, with incremental improvements.

     I'm not at all techy and am finding my way.

     I was down yesterday when I started the process of ditching Meta, it's not going to be as simple a flicking a switch for most people, practically or emotionally, but it is doable.