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How to avoid the Reddit downfall (self.redditwasfun)

submitted 1 year ago by peterg75 to c/redditwasfun

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Use distributed, federated services like Lemmy, mastodon etc.
Support the hosts with our own funds.
Moderate our own communities.

The second point is the most important. Reddit happened because they are a corporate entity seeking profit. Let's own our social media platforms by actively contributing funds to them.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Second option is difficult because there are too many instances. It is difficult to make good use of the funds as the popular instances will eventually enjoy too much profit whilst the smaller instances will be forced to shutdown due to lack of funds. This will lessen the decentralisation overtime.

The solution is a central service, something like Lemmy Fund Management or something, which regulates the funds accordingly. The managers will be selected by voting system (democracy). There are other solutions as well.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But then the centralised service becomes a single point of failure. If you attack that one service, all instances lose their funding.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I can see that being an issue and a flaw. I think if everybody focuses on a solution, we can surely do something about it.