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What would you like to change about Lemmy culture? (sopuli.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There's no monetary profit, but I could absolutely see competition for whose ideas gain the most support.

Capitalism is not "competition," it is a specific mode of production. Competition exists outside Capitalism.

And the Fediverse does not collectively own all the instances. Each instance is created and supported by an individual or small group of individuals.

The source code is open and free, ergo people can do what they want. The underlying tools are accessible to anyone, the instances are not "production" nor do they exist for exchange.

You can even see the failures of unregulated capitslism in how lemmy (especially lemmy.ml and lemmy.world) are consolidating users and engagement. Unregulated capitalism trends towards monopoly.

There is no Capitalism on Lemmy, lmao.

It's an extremely apt metaphor for capitalism.

No it isn't.

[–] Cryophilia 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The source code is open and free, ergo people can do what they want.

You really don't see the parallels between this statement and "anyone can become a millionaire"?

Not everyone has the opportunity or the skillset to "do what they want" with the source code. I'm not a coder. How can I do whatever I want? I'm beholden to the structures that other people build.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You really don't see the parallels between this statement and "anyone can become a millionaire"?

There's a chance you could stumble onto a point if Lemmy was profit-driven.

Not everyone has the opportunity or the skillset to "do what they want" with the source code. I'm not a coder. How can I do whatever I want? I'm beholden to the structures that other people build.

You don't need to be in order to be able to download the source code. Skills are not ownership.

[–] Cryophilia 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sure I can downland a thing. But what can I DO with it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Whatever you want. You're drawing conclusions that do not follow.

[–] Cryophilia 1 points 4 months ago

You're being obtuse.