An exceptional (and quite non-techy) rundown of the rise and current state of the #threadiverse, thanks largely to the ongoing self-own that is the #RedditMigration (called #Rexit or #Rexxit).
What are all the new API charges from social media about? Profits??
How about: in the AI era social media data is the new oil! That’s why they’re bringing back deleted content and don’t really care about 3rd party apps.
We’re no longer just the product, we’re the cattle whose resources are to be extracted no matter the damage.
It might be wrong or dramatic, but I’ll hold onto this take until it’s shown to be wrong:
The fediverse is solving naughties/~2015 problems, which humanity failed at. Now, it’s like 2005 again, the game has changed and big corp are building what most won’t even understand or see coming.