Gregory's Server@atomicpoet I imagine that as Mastodon now is in the spotlight as a potential Twitter replacement, certain entities will see an opportunity to carve out power, profit, and influence by acquiring instances and centralising power.
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@kaukamieli @atomicpoet Possible that through manipulation of perception he could turn people off it. What wouldn't change though is the open source license, which always has potential to spawn new instances - a series of splinternets, really. @lime_juice_cube @kaukamieli @atomicpoet It's always natural to entertain the worst possible cases, of course. The idea of profitability, userbase growth, and centralisation are connected to mainstream #socialmedia #culture - #mastodon culture has been largely built by cultural outsiders, so I think they're perfectly happy for the platform to remain "theirs" rather than absorb the zeitgeist of big social. #tech |
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Also, just ruin it. Elon could just secretly buy the big servers and ruin everything and say "see, it doesn't work."
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