Chris RemingtonM to Technology@beehaw.org • 2 months agoThe fediverse promises social media without Big Tech – if it can avoid familiar pitfallstheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1102cross-posted to: fediverse@lemmy.zipfediverse@lemmy.world
arrow-up1102external-linkThe fediverse promises social media without Big Tech – if it can avoid familiar pitfallstheconversation.comChris RemingtonM to Technology@beehaw.org • 2 months agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: fediverse@lemmy.zipfediverse@lemmy.world
minus-squareStefen AurislinkfedilinkEnglish46•2 months ago“make it work” It already does. I find enjoyment on this interconnected platform. Perhaps by “make it work” they mean make it work for massive monetization which is what we are trying to escape from in the first place. Not everything has to be about money!
minus-squareChris RemingtonOPMlinkfedilink25•2 months agoThe last sentence of the article clears this up. That will mean users putting in the work to make sure they remain safe, accessible, noncommercial and well respected.
minus-square@MostlyBlindGamer@rblind.comlinkfedilinkEnglish12•1 month agoRight, as an instance admin, I’m very confident I can avoid Facebook’s mistakes. I don’t have the same motivations.
minus-squareHobbitFoot linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 month agoOr just make it work at scale. Lemmy at a million users would look far different than it does now.
“make it work”
It already does. I find enjoyment on this interconnected platform. Perhaps by “make it work” they mean make it work for massive monetization which is what we are trying to escape from in the first place. Not everything has to be about money!
The last sentence of the article clears this up.
Right, as an instance admin, I’m very confident I can avoid Facebook’s mistakes. I don’t have the same motivations.
Or just make it work at scale.
Lemmy at a million users would look far different than it does now.