atomicpoet, 1 year ago

Wow. We're really going to see a Fediverse dogpile soon.

It doesn't matter if Meta never does this decentralized social network and integrates ActivityPub.

The point is enough developers will think Meta will do this -- and this is going to cause an avalanche of development.

Not all these developers will believe in decentralization. They'll be opportunists through and through.

atomicpoet, 1 year ago

I'm no fool. Meta is definitely going to try to "embrace, extend, and extinguish" if they actually follow through on a decentralized social network.

In my view, they're no different from Cloudflare.

But you know what we just caused them to do? Acknowledge the Fediverse.

Think about that.

atomicpoet, 1 year ago

In the meantime, this Meta adventure with decentralized social networks socially validates everything I've been doing for the past 5 years.

😁

Seriously, the pendulum has officially swung in my direction!

atomicpoet, 1 year ago

Mark Zuckerberg will be in a world of hurt if he thinks the Fediverse is anything like the Metaverse -- and he can just waltz in with one instance, taking all the real estate.

LMAO!

If Meta tries to be Meta -- and they'll try! -- that will be a lesson for the textbooks!

atomicpoet, 1 year ago

What do you want to bet that Tumblr, Flickr, and Post are going to want to get the drop on Meta beforehand?

🤣

atomicpoet, 1 year ago

What all these Johnny-Come-Latelys will need to understand:

• The Fediverse isn't a client
• The Fediverse isn't Mastodon
• The Fediverse isn't ActivityPub

The Fediverse is an entire ecosystem that is as revolutionary as the web itself.

While the web connects servers, the Fediverse does something more drastic: it connects people!

This will change the Internet forever, and if Meta goes through with this, it spells their doom.

atomicpoet, 1 year ago

LOL! Meta exists to track people. That's their whole game. If they can't track people, why do they even exist?

If they create a decentralized social network that uses ActivityPub and is compatible with Mastodon, how are they going to monetize?

Will they convince every owner of an instance to install a tracker so Meta can feed people ads?

😆

Not if I can run my own instance for $5/month.

Stark9837, 1 year ago

@atomicpoet

People need to understand.

#Google isn't a search engine.
#Facebook isn't a journal to share with your friend.
#Instagram isn't a public photo album.
#Twitter isn't a micro-blogging website.

They are all advertisement companies.

connectfaris, 10 months ago

@Stark9837 @atomicpoet

TransitBiker, 9 months ago

@Stark9837 @atomicpoet run by nazis.