• dreadedsemi@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    But because it’s federated, we can secede at anytime. It’s a fool proof system like the united states.

  • Max Demon@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    One time we thought that Google was a cool startup head on against corporate giant Microsoft 😔

  • GCostanzaStepOnMe@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Different version:

    Only nerds with the worst opinions migrate

    Only nerds with the worst opinions migrate

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    Yeah, but in federated social media you can just pack up and set up a new instance.

    You won’t ever need to leave the whole thing behind to disconnect from corporate BS.

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    Anything that gains too much steam and mainstream attention is ripe for corporate takeover/infiltration. Federation should hopefully keep them at bay for a while.

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    I felt kinda bad for the people who were here when I joined two months ago. They had their own little community which would get quickly overrun by ex redditors. I wasn’t sure if I was a refugee or a colonizer.

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      If those people want their own isolated communities, those exist elsewhere. You join the fediverse because you expect it to grow and network.

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        I feel like it’s like discovering a hidden place at a lake that’s really beautiful. You can’t really claim it as exclusively your’s but would still very much prefer it if no one else went there, as selfish as that might be

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            Yeah, I actually like this concept. The fediverse has the power to be much larger, but it doesn’t have to be for any group that wants to keep things small.

            I also kind of like how the fediverse has space for just the worst, most bigoted folks to fuck around and find out here. If they run away to rumble or truth social or whatever alternative they’re trying this week, they can stay in their little bubbles and pretend they’re the real popular voices, at least until it inevitably implodes.

            In the fediverse, they can see the federation graphs, they can read the defederation announcements, and they can start to see exactly where they stand in popular opinion. I think that’s got to have an effect on them long term. The paid shills can try to deny reality from their followers, but it’s harder.

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    Great. Now I’m worried I’m a normie and not the “Manifest Destiny” nerd I have been trying to be.

    /s

    Seriously though, from the comments, it’s seems like the corporate rats gaining ground in places that are federated is going to be a lot harder, and more user resilient.

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      I read a comment earlier somewhere that at least they hadn’t seen anyone use /s yet.

      …yet.

      • pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works
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        As soon as a space is big and diverse enough that you stop recognising usernames or even instances, you’ve got to signal intent. It’s unavoidable. Only alternative is to give shelter to shitheads, who say the same things, but mean them.