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 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 🙂 7 comments
@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? |
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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.