I have never been an "online community first" person. The internet is how I stay in touch with people I met in real life. I'm not a "tweet comments at celebrities" guy. I was never funny enough to be the funniest person on Twitter. So when Twitter was accidentally purchased

It became the only reliable source of information I had. People posted links with a minimal amount of commentary, picking and choosing the best content from other social media networks. They’re not doing it to “build a brand” because that’s not a thing in the Fediverse. It’s too disjointed to be a place to build a newsletter subscription base.

  • I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish
    23·
    18 hours ago

    People talk a lot about the protocols that power Bluesky vs. ActivityPub, because we’re nerds and we believe deep in our hearts that the superior protocol will win. This is adorable. It flies in the face of literally all of human history, where the more convenient thing always wins regardless of technical merit. VHS beat Betamax. USB-C took twenty years.

    Hopefully, unlike betamax and laserdisc, the fediverse will trudge on despite the megacorporate protocols

    • tristynalxander@mander.xyzEnglish
      18·
      16 hours ago

      FOSS dominates by sheer persistence growing slowly as everything else burns bright and extinguishes until it’s the best remaining option.

      It’s the slow way, but it’s the right way.

    • rapchee@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      16 hours ago

      you don’t need special equipment to use the fediverse, so imo it’s unlikely it will “fail”

      • grrgyle@slrpnk.netEnglish
        1·
        3 hours ago

        Yeah and I’d like to see it become increasingly scrappy and decentralised using lightweight fedi software like snac.