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The future facebook alternative will probably be FOSS, considering it is harder to buy up software that is owned by everyone.
by em3rgent0rdr 9y ago
The future facebook alternative will probably be FOSS, considering it is harder to buy up software that is owned by everyone.
- mrarjonny 9y agoYou are on to something. I think Facebook is nearing the point of exhausting its reach, or is at least extraordinarily close. There will be an inevitable backlash where we are finding Facebook is this unruly multi-headed mass of features and services no one really asked for or needs. The overreaching of these services will eventually wear thin on the public and they will want to simplify their digital footprint and value privacy a little more. I am already seeing it in the under 20 crowd. They have grown up seeing their parents entire life smeared all over Facebook and it isn't "cool." At some point, I have to think, the public will want to reclaim some of this and we will see things scale back to a simpler form of "social media."