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Rysiekúr Memesson 🇺🇦

@atomicpoet wonderful, thoughtful thread. Thank you!

One thing I would point out is that it's not either-or. We don't have to lose the "old Fediverse" to be able to build it out as a robust, mainstream social network.

There will always be nooks and crannies, some will not federate with the Big Network, some will, but the beauty of a standardized protocol with a bunch of independent implementations is that we *can* have those.

And the beauty of no "real name policy" is alts.

We can have both.

4 Oct 2022 at 23:21 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.technology
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Chris Trottier replied to Rysiekúr Memesson 🇺🇦

@rysiek I agree with you. If you want to preserve part of the old Fediverse, nothing is stopping you from building an enclave. Nevertheless, the Big Network will change.

4 Oct 2022 at 23:23 | Open on mastodon.social
Rysiekúr Memesson 🇺🇦 replied to Chris

@atomicpoet fully agreed.

I just think it's important to keep that possibility in mind. The reason being: I've seen a lot of pushback against newcomers and changes that is not doing anyone any good. I feel if we communicated more clearly that it's not an either-or and we can have both, the pushback and internal fedi struggle around these changes would be lesser.

Anyway, thanks again for the thread and for engaging!

4 Oct 2022 at 23:25 | Open on mastodon.technology
kravietz 🦇 replied to Rysiekúr Memesson 🇺🇦

@rysiek

The best part of Fediverse is that unlike IRC it does not bind you in any way to any existing community or its rules. Which sometimes does have its charm, but sometimes are just a way of patronising and exercising tribal pressure.

The only thing that should be actively promoted and announced on every step is the fact that you can and should run your own instance, because this is a completely novel concept for those coming from walled gardens.

Also, if everyone just jumps on one of the few popular instances, we’ll end up with a social media version of Bitcoin, actually controlled by just a few massive pools in just a few countries.

@atomicpoet

@rysiek

The best part of Fediverse is that unlike IRC it does not bind you in any way to any existing community or its rules. Which sometimes does have its charm, but sometimes are just a way of patronising and exercising tribal pressure.

The only thing that should be actively promoted and announced on every step is the fact that you can and should run your own instance, because this is a completely novel concept for those coming from walled gardens.

5 Oct 2022 at 21:29 | Open on agora.echelon.pl
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