After weeks of burning through users’ goodwill, Reddit is facing a moderator strike and an exodus of its most important users. It’s the latest example of a social media site making a critical mistake: users aren’t there for the services, they’re there for the community. Building barriers to access...
I really liked the article that I hadn't read before on Enshittification by Cory Doctorow from January linked from the EFF article, which really well captures the inevitability of what's happening to Reddit (and the value of the Fediverse):
This is enshittification: surpluses are first directed to users; then, once they're locked in, surpluses go to suppliers; then once they're locked in, the surplus is handed to shareholders and the platform becomes a useless pile of shit.
Looking over the install instructions and I already have docker/containers on my vps. Is there just a kbin container for use? I'm not getting the concept of symfony-docker. Is it just a docker with a stack in it already and you have to then pull kbin in?...
I also followed along the instructions and eventually got mine running. It took me a bit longer than 30 minutes -- figuring out how to have Caddy have Let's Encrypt use DuckDns TXT was new to me, for instance. But, I'm confused by one of the last lines of the admin setup guide under Configuration, "Next, log in and create a repository named "random" to which unclassified content from the fediverse will flow." What does that mean? What's a repository? I don't see that referenced anywhere...
FYI I closed this out on matrix. The repository line refers to creating a magazine named "random". And after that, connecting to the federation was as easy as searching for a magazine like @technology@beehaw.org.
What Reddit Got Wrong (www.eff.org)
After weeks of burning through users’ goodwill, Reddit is facing a moderator strike and an exodus of its most important users. It’s the latest example of a social media site making a critical mistake: users aren’t there for the services, they’re there for the community. Building barriers to access...
Docker Instructions, Unclear. Assistance required.
Looking over the install instructions and I already have docker/containers on my vps. Is there just a kbin container for use? I'm not getting the concept of symfony-docker. Is it just a docker with a stack in it already and you have to then pull kbin in?...