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Mastodon’s founder cedes control, refuses to become next Musk or Zuckerberg (arstechnica.com)
submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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His grand vision remains to leave Mastodon users in control of the social network, making their own decisions about what content is allowed or what appears in their timelines.

I don't use Mastadon cause I don't care for micro-blogging, but nevertheless, I like this.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (11 children)

You still have to go through the central hub. You can't spin up your own, wholly independent Bluesky. You can only make your own node.

[–] Vincente 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (6 children)

Yes, it’s not a full web3 app, but I like that these apps are heading in the right direction.

However it's better than Twitter/Instagram. I can control my feed!

[–] dukethorion 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Until they build "The Algorithm" to "help you" find what ~~you~~ they want you to see or not.

[–] reka 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Feeds offer algorithm transparency and you can use alternative frontends. ATProto can't suddenly be turned to private and disable third party access, it is intrinsically public.

[–] dukethorion 1 points 3 days ago

It doesn't have to be app-based, simply account based. Then the third party app doesn't mean anything.

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