Gregory's Server@ricardo @atomicpoet Hey, I'd love to see it. I'm cautiously optimistic about social media pivoting from perversely optimized content engagement farms to open protocols. I was a big fan of RSS, OpenID, open web, and protocols over platforms long before I worked for Microsoft. I don't have any info about any bigco strategies right now, I'm on a small team that wants to share blog post and stuff. But I'd love to see a resurgence of decentralized media.
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@ricardo @atomicpoet Sorry if I was a bit snarky earlier. I honestly wish there was a big plan, but there's none that I know of. I'm trying to move things forward by getting people I work with to just get started sharing here more. @jongalloway I understand perfectly there is no foul play by your part or by any team at your company for trying to get into the Mastodon social nets: I recognize you are driven by healthy community feedback and you need to create channels to get it in a way or another. The functional dependencies necessary to execute such masterminded conspiracy are not here yet; @atomicpoet brings valid points that can become very real in the future but not at the moment and I can explain why and how... @jongalloway @atomicpoet there are conflicts going on at executive levels regarding the influence of bigtech and social platforms upon society; those problems are being treated at supranational levels at this right moment: https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/02/1133827 But those problems are above all computational problems of decentralization/centralization that need to be objectively solved at protocol levels: that's why there is a current demand for things like https://blueskyweb.xyz/ @jongalloway @atomicpoet so while those problems are not solved, bigtech executives can't mastermind things like Mastodon takeovers because they can easily backfire |
@ricardo @atomicpoet Obviously Microsoft brings some baggage into conversations about open source and open protocols. That's expected. But I'm hopeful that this can both be a positive step, including offering an alternative to those who want to stay connected but get off twitter and in helping show some momentum to other teams who want to get on Mastodon.