Gregory's Server@mmasnick
Nicely said. This part rings truest for me:
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The fediverse might not ever get as big as these other sites, and it doesn’t need to. It’s already hit critical mass to be an extremely useful site . . .
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I don't know if it's the Silicon Valley mindset or what: that if your tech offering doesn't dominate the world and earn fat returns for investors, that it's somehow a failure.
I know the fedi will continue to evolve, but for me and many others, it's already greatly useful.
@bezorp there is definitely some sort of monopolistic mindset that has infected the Bay Area. Where at least one billboard in recent years read: "One app to replace them all".
Somehow, invoking The One Ring, aka the Ruling Ring aka Isildur's Bane, was considered a "good thing" by a PR department?
I mean, I know I live in a ring of hell, but JFC, that billboard (and associated unnamed app[s]) had zero tact.
Then again, the Salesforce Tower was known to display the Eye of Sauron.;(
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