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[Popular Opinion] Federated social networks are more enjoyable than corporate ones
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this post was submitted on 01 Apr 2024
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I disagree. I find the federated networks to be self cannibalizing closed off ecosystems that craft themselves into something worst than any "corporate" social network. Don't get me wrong and think I'm a fan of traditional social networks. I've just come to understand that the federated universe of social networks is not what they made themselves out to be. They're controlled by small groups with barely any transparency on security and privacy and little ability to protect users from the dangers of the Internet. These servers are run by a handful of individuals who answer to no one. The federated networks have become a haven for misinformation and bigotry on a level that rival the mainstream social networks. The content shared is usually just taken from other networks or so obscure they barely generate any engagement. Etc, etc... TLDR, it's just worst here.
There's very little oversight mitigate propaganda and it's immediately apparent after two minutes on Lemmy.
all anyone does on lemmy is complain about hexbear, .ml, lemmygrad when they're essentially sanctioned from the rest of Lemmy. There are so many instances that have defederated them and you cannot even respond to Linux post without being told to fuck off with a hexbear.net account. Like why do you feel the need to complain and yell at clouds. The entirety of liberal Lemmy is on board with you and you choose to be annoyed. So typical.
Here we have a great example of how the discourse is not much better in the federated universe. The majority of people are not shopping for "liberal" or "conservative" instances because they were told they would be able to mold a unique and better experience in the federated universe. Yet, here we are having to not only block bad subs and users but whole instances and there really is no way to keep the bad out of your curated sub/instance. It's the same cat and mouse game just much worse because of the federated universe. Bad actors are abusing this more and more and they're winning.