If I were Reddit or Facebook I would divide and conquer the Fediverse (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by pattmayne@sh.itjust.works to c/main@sh.itjust.works

81 comments fedilink hide all child comments

The only threat to this burgeoning community is the same old divide & collapse nonsense that separates citizens under their overlords everywhere.

I would create accounts and start calling to defederate instances which allow non-polite (or politically incorrect or otherwise offensive) communities.

We didn't just survive the trolls on reddit. We thrived amongst them. We can handle them. We can block them.

I want curatorial tools to curate my own feed. I absolutely 100% do NOT want any admins telling me what I can't read. And going to another instance is no solution if that instance is blocked.

I don't want to be on a purely polite ecosystem, or a purely right-wing-idiot ecosystem. I want access to everybody, and the tools to curate that experience.

The trolls do NOT have the power to take us down. But the admins definitely do.

Welcome to the Defediverse.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] nvm@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I imagine the Fediverse isn't really a threat? They can play the long game and probably don't care about the amount of people who left. There's not much to gain bringing us down either since we'll just migrate somewhere else.

[-] pattmayne@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

It's more of an opportunity than a great. More avenues for data collection and control. If we migrate somewhere else then they will follow. They're not going to stop wanting our data, and controlling our interactions, and manipulating our behavior.

this post was submitted on 26 Jun 2023

96 points (85.3% liked)

sh.itjust.works Main Community

7584 readers

3 users here now

Home of the sh.itjust.works instance.

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

TheDude@sh.itjust.works

manifex@sh.itjust.works

biela@sh.itjust.works

imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works