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 The social media industry was once worth $1 trillion -- perhaps that's now vanished! Some people might dismiss this as a bubble, but that's not the case. A bubble implies imagined value. During this past decade, social media was a critical aspect of communications. 10 comments
The real-world impact of the Fediverse is the reclamation of the public square on behalf of the common good. Like I have a hard time believing that governments, companies, non-profits, etc. are just going to say, "Well, time to stop providing the world with updates -- Elon Musk is taking his ball and going home." This is what might happen: @EnricoAriis This is why everyone should know that the Fediverse is bigger than Mastodon. *Bleep bloop* I have unrolled this Mastodon thread for you :) . You can find it here: https://threadunroller.com/thread/3708f122-6f1c-4ec7-aaca-bab3d09c8aa2 @atomicpoet Maybe it makes you happy to know that the German national public agency @bfdi started running a Mastodon server for all public authorities, including state and local authorities. They stopped their Twitter account. |
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The decimation of social media is actually worse than a bubble.
It's purposeful destruction of the public square.
And it was possible because Big Social claimed the public square as their property.