Gregory's Server(This is also why I'm skeptical about Meta's move into the Fediverse. It could work if Meta is willing to kill Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp -- as they presently exist. I don't think they can.)
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 @atomicpoet Plus, it's only low value to the corps who are looking to game SM to their benefit. It's starkly opposite for the rest of us. @atomicpoet I really don't want to be a customer, "high-value" or otherwise.  @dominick Nevertheless, people are paying for the Fediverse right as we speak. Maybe you’re not. But I assure you that the admin of your instance is doing just that thing. @atomicpoet maybe I'm missing the point, but I think there's a distinction between money changing hands, and being a customer. When I contribute to my instance, I feel as though I'm supporting a public good (e.g. offsetting the cost for people who can't pay). Moreover, I don't feel as though there are the same profit incentives that might lead my instance to sell my data, track me, etc. That's different than the way I feel when I'm somebody's customer. Maybe I'm naïve?  @atomicpoet: You've read too little dystopian SciFi. Can't you see that with the advance of parroting machines, Facebook will be able to dynamically rewrite people's posts in real time, to achieve product placement for $$$, or remove mentions of products who don't pay $$$, as long as the posts in question flow through Facebook?  @atomicpoet |
One final thought.
The conceit amongst social media incumbents is that the Fediverse has no customers.
But this perception happens because the Fediverse's current customers are perceived as "low value".
They're deemed so low value that people don't even acknowledge they exist 🙂