At the moment the internet is flawed, do you think the fediverse is the solution?

  • Knighthawk 0811@lemmy.one
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    since there isn’t any strong way to collect data or advertise it will always be an underdog compared to big business.

    that being said, the fediverse could outlast a few mainstream networks and build lasting strength with that. I’m an ideal setting it could become a defacto network over time.

    can we get young people coming here though? that’s how we get the tides to turn

    • Strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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      @knighthawk0811
      > since there isn’t any strong way to collect data or advertise it will always be an underdog compared to big business

      … unless and until democratic governments ban corporations from spying on the people using their platforms, as they bloody well ought to, if they have any respect for the human rights of the citizens. Or pass laws that force the Walled Gardens to federate with similar platforms, like the Digital Markets Act.

      @Bicyclejohn

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        @knighthawk0811
        > can we get young people coming here though

        That’s a very good question to ask a young person. OTTOMH though…

        … anything they have to use at school, they’re unlikely to use by choice at home or elsewhere. What would have got me to join the fediverse if it existed when I was a young person? Hearing that someone I respected had joined like Upper Hutt Posse, or Michael Franti, or RATM, or even David Bowie. Pop poets are the vanguard party of the young.

        @Bicyclejohn