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The fediverse, explained (www.theverge.com)
submitted 9 months ago by return2ozma to c/technology
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[โ€“] killeronthecorner 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

The fediverse is as if you took X, TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook and made them all interoperable so you could post anything from anywhere, and all your followers would be guaranteed to see it. And if you wanted to leave one platform for another, you could bring all your content, all your followers, all your everything with you.

NO. NO, NO, NO.

That isn't what it fucking is at all! It's not another open standard for five companies to abuse until they're the only sound that you can hear because they're drowning everything else out.

I know they're trying to appeal to the layman but, I dunno, try harder maybe?

Not everything in life is about posturing and followers. The best parts of the fediverse are anonymous and unadulterated by corporate interests and having advertising rammed down your throat every 5 seconds. that's what killed the open web.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Totally agree with what you're saying, but I still think the way the article explained it is more appealing to the layman, even if it's an oversimplification. It's a publicity piece on the fediverse, the only goal is to get people in the door and then they'll figure out for themselves if they belong here.

Btw a lot of discussion already happened on the original post, this crosspost was kinda unnecessary imo