True, but if we slowly move to foss alternatives like lemmy, peertube, mastodon and more(bonus points for self-hostability and federation across instances), it will be for the long term good, undoing the harm social media has done for decades. It will be like the forums and usenet era all over again
I look at threads as a net positive right now but I don’t trust it. I see only upsides and no downsides. In a free as in free beer market, this is either a loss leader, scam, or a tactic to get normies hooked and then cut off ties with the ActivityPub.
I wonder why you have that stance. Can you please explain?
It integrates with mastodon and other activitypub solutions(atleast as long as they’re not defederated en-masse like facebook is threatening) and caters to normies, essentially making activitypub mainstream. It might end up a “not like the other normies” hellhole like reddit, but the concept of federation makes me feel hopeful.
Control goes from big tech to small instance owners…
As for normies, control goes from big tech to big tech as a representative of celebrities on all instances
True, but if we slowly move to foss alternatives like lemmy, peertube, mastodon and more(bonus points for self-hostability and federation across instances), it will be for the long term good, undoing the harm social media has done for decades. It will be like the forums and usenet era all over again
I look at threads as a net positive right now but I don’t trust it. I see only upsides and no downsides. In a free as in free beer market, this is either a loss leader, scam, or a tactic to get normies hooked and then cut off ties with the ActivityPub.
It isn’t positive at all.
If you aren’t willing to understand why, I don’t know what else to say.
I wonder why you have that stance. Can you please explain?
It integrates with mastodon and other activitypub solutions(atleast as long as they’re not defederated en-masse like facebook is threatening) and caters to normies, essentially making activitypub mainstream. It might end up a “not like the other normies” hellhole like reddit, but the concept of federation makes me feel hopeful.
Control goes from big tech to small instance owners…
As for normies, control goes from big tech to big tech as a representative of celebrities on all instances
Some might even switch.