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submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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With Zuckerberg going full Musk last week, we can no longer let billionaires control our digital public square.

I think this is a good thing. However, as John Gruber put it:

And with a team of “technical advisors and custodians” that includes both the executive director and the president of the Mozilla Foundation, I suspect this initiative might prove as successful as Firefox.

But still, I hope the recent moves by Muskrat and Fuckster push more people to open-web platforms and help the Fediverse grow. It's time these shitbags lose some control over what people consume.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

"Save social media from billionaires"

"Save social media"

Eeeehm... how about... and here me out... how about we let this cancer in decline die out instead of trying to revive it? Crazy right?

[–] essteeyou 1 points 7 hours ago

It used to be a convenient way to keep up with friends and share photos. It took a while to turn into a politics-filled hell-hole where making people argue in the comments got prioritized because any engagement is good engagement.

I don't know if there's a way around that, but I suspect there is. I wouldn't mind someone trying.