Gregory's Server@ParanoidFactoid Why federate?
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 @ParanoidFactoid What I want to know is "What exactly are you asking?" Because I'm currently not sure.  @atomicpoet Why? Why would the owners of media monopolies ever federate? It isn't in their best interest. Why should federated sites use moderation tools designed by for profits to curate to the whims of advertisers and owners' political goals? What problem do you wish to solve and how will the tools you propose not make things worse? Because they sure made it worse at Reddit. @ParanoidFactoid Well, yeah. I agree that media monopolies would prefer never to federate. I've said many times previously, and I talk about that a lot. Anyway, my point isn't to say, "Let's emulate Reddit!" -- just that this existed, imagine if it was also federated. Hope that clarifies things. Take care! @atomicpoet hey, you got some relevant and useful counter-commentary in here and I'd encourage you to reread it sometime. I don't want to change your mind or argue to prove you wrong. And I still want to follow you because you say interesting things. So, nothing personal. And it's the idea under discussion, not you or me. Thanks for posting. |
@atomicpoet but that ignores the question and just punts it over to the next guy. My point about asking why is that it's a question techies almost never ask. Because the nerd-o-sphere believes there is a technical solution to every human problem. A utopian idea going back to the 80s. See: MIT AI lab. And CMU.
This Whole Net Catalog stuff has roots in 60s idealism but came to fruition in the 2010s and turned out to be dystopian.