"The #fediverse won’t succeed just because it’s better. It will succeed if and only if people choose it. If they reject the idea that being trapped in someone else’s ecosystem is just the cost of existing online. If they stop believing that “free” means surrendering ownership of your own connections, your own history, your own data. The #internet was built to connect us, not silo us to pad a wealth-extremist’s bank account." (#westenberg)
#bigtech #openweb #indieweb
joanwestenberg.com/the-fediver…
#bigtech #openweb #indieweb
joanwestenberg.com/the-fediver…
The Fediverse Isn’t the Future. It’s the Present We’ve Been Denied.
For years, the internet has been shrinking. Not in size, not in data, but in ownership. A vast, decentralized network of personal blogs, forums, and independent communities has been corralled into a handful of paved prison yards controlled by a few m…Joan Westenberg (westenberg.)
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in reply to MadeInDex 📰🌎 • • •@madeindex It's how we describe i that's nerdy. We need to stop talking about "fediverse," "activitypub," "servers," "instances," and "protocols."
We need to start saying something like "Mastodon: find your herd and toot to them." Or, "It's time to run with the herd. Mastodon."
Anything except "Mastodon is a free and open-source software platform for decentralized social networking with microblogging ..."
Eww!
MadeInDex 📰🌎
in reply to readbeanicecream • • •👍 Sounds much better! "Mastodon is like Twitter..." people liked, "Mastodon is part of the Fediverse..." people left the room ;)
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Watson
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