this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2023
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This blog post by Ploum, who was part of the original XMPP efforts long ago, describes how Google killed one great federated service, which shows why the Fediverse must not give Meta the chance

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"Negativity on my feed is nonexistent."

Absolute first thing I noticed when I came in to test this as a Reddit alternative. It's so refreshing, and the discourse is so civil.

If there's a way we can keep this quality, it'd be amazing. I often wondered when I'm on Reddit or twitter how much of the awful negativity is really people's or bots/algos prodding them into acting this way.

If the current big players best bets are to weasel in on the large instances, are there any simple changes that could be done to prevent their take over or influence? Things that aren't too heavy handed?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wdym there is so much negativity on Lemmy. It is everywhere i lok. Especially towards billionaire submarines, CEOs and corporations

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I guess I've been lucky enough not to be firehosed with it immediately. Guess I'll come across it more as I subscribe to more communities.

[–] diafol666 1 points 1 year ago

That's not negativity that's self defence

[–] EricHill78 2 points 2 years ago

Wouldn't the only reason for them to even want to be a part of this would be to monitize? If they can't post advertisements what would they do here?