The Federation Fallacy (rosenzweig.io)
An interesting article I saw (from 2019) describing the potential intrinsic tendency for decentralized platforms to collapse into de facto centralized ones....
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An interesting article I saw (from 2019) describing the potential intrinsic tendency for decentralized platforms to collapse into de facto centralized ones....
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Within the first hour of threads going live, about a dozen of those im following on ig have joined (and began posting). When it’s fully federated, could this be the entry level platform the fediverse needs to push it into average use? I have a slight feeling it’ll be a BeReal type scenario where people use it for a few...
Found this post super informative as it relates to Mastodon, and thought Lemmy might also benefit from this perspective. I’m not sure I share his optimism, but his points seem sound to dampen some of the alarm bells over Meta joining the Fediverse.
Sorry for reposting, but I think it is crucial to talk about this. Fediverse forward 🏁
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I found this interesting and was wondering how some of the larger instances handle the issues they outline such as...
My hot take on Threads after one night.
The US state of Louisiana requires social media companies to get parental permission for users under 16.
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A prediction market on whether or not a major news publisher will commit to the Fediverse before July 2024.