I think the author brings some interesting points, but ultimately I think it’s a faulty premise.
The fediverse is whatever the user wants it to be. That’s the whole point really. If you want a reliable communications platform with zero dropped messages, aka email 2.0, then you can definitely build that on the fediverse and people can join such a platform if that’s what they want.
If that’s not what you want… Well then don’t join such a platform. Join another one. You do you.
We don’t need anyone telling us how to communicate or consume content or whatever we want to do with the fediverse. The whole point of the fediverse is that everyone gets to decide for themselves, so there’s no need to be prescriptive about any one approach.
The premise isn’t about the fediverse, it’s about a culture shift. And re “join another one”, um no, there are 14 competing standards and we don’t need a 15th.
Fediverse platforms are not in competition with each other. In fact, it’s more like symbiosis. There’s no problem with having 15 or even 100 fediverse platforms.
Why do you need a culture shift if anyone can just pick whatever platform they personally prefer? If you want a certain cultural approach, then feel free to use a fediverse platform with that approach, but there’s no need for anyone else to follow the same choice, unless they want to.
The culture shift is from communication to entertainment. Author describes some fediverse issues as symptoms, though they aren’t always perfect matches.
I think the author brings some interesting points, but ultimately I think it’s a faulty premise.
The fediverse is whatever the user wants it to be. That’s the whole point really. If you want a reliable communications platform with zero dropped messages, aka email 2.0, then you can definitely build that on the fediverse and people can join such a platform if that’s what they want.
If that’s not what you want… Well then don’t join such a platform. Join another one. You do you.
We don’t need anyone telling us how to communicate or consume content or whatever we want to do with the fediverse. The whole point of the fediverse is that everyone gets to decide for themselves, so there’s no need to be prescriptive about any one approach.
The premise isn’t about the fediverse, it’s about a culture shift. And re “join another one”, um no, there are 14 competing standards and we don’t need a 15th.
Fediverse platforms are not in competition with each other. In fact, it’s more like symbiosis. There’s no problem with having 15 or even 100 fediverse platforms.
Why do you need a culture shift if anyone can just pick whatever platform they personally prefer? If you want a certain cultural approach, then feel free to use a fediverse platform with that approach, but there’s no need for anyone else to follow the same choice, unless they want to.
The culture shift is from communication to entertainment. Author describes some fediverse issues as symptoms, though they aren’t always perfect matches.
Activitypub is already 15 different standards in a trench coat