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I used to think richard stallman was just a paranoid lunatic... Well, the more time goes by, the more i think he was just 100% right. It's time to be much much

by bsaul 9y ago

I used to think richard stallman was just a paranoid lunatic... Well, the more time goes by, the more i think he was just 100% right. It's time to be much much more careful and radical with the path technology is taking us. It's time we all invest a bit of our time to provide real open and benevolent alternatives to facebook, google, amazon, and all the rest, because they're steering internet toward an orwelian nightmare.

DesiLurker 9y ago
try ello
mxuribe 9y ago
There are existing social media alternatives to facebook, such as: gnu social; postActiv; mastodon; diaspora; hubzilla; etc.
- bsaul 9y ago
  it's a great start but it's not mainstream yet. We need something as polished as wikipedia.
Santosh83 9y ago
Network effects. You and me care. Sadly the vast majority around us bow unquestioningly to demands made by powerful groups like their govt or huge mega-corps. People seem to think these power-centres will always be benevolent and flawless... which history shows is a big mistake to assume.
- wallace_f 9y ago
  Fake News! Can't we have some trusted institution like ycombinator put these kind of comments through their truth filter before allowing them to be posted? They could even partner with Facebook to do this. /s
- bsaul 9y ago
  I wouldn’t put a democratic government on the same level of danger than profit driven mega corps. I’m pro free market, but some corps have reach state-level impact on people lives, and they remain without any kind of overview. I also don’t want state-run web sites to try to provide alternatives to Google ( like europe tried to do 10 years ago), so i think the foundation model is the perfect structure for that. Economically responsible, but not profit driven.
quickthrower2 9y ago
The best alternative is: no social network. Get people off this damn shit.

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I used to think richard stallman was just a paranoid lunatic... Well, the more time goes by, the more i think he was just 100% right. It's time to be much much

by bsaul 9y ago

DesiLurker 9y ago
try ello
mxuribe 9y ago
There are existing social media alternatives to facebook, such as: gnu social; postActiv; mastodon; diaspora; hubzilla; etc.
- bsaul 9y ago
  it's a great start but it's not mainstream yet. We need something as polished as wikipedia.
Santosh83 9y ago
Network effects. You and me care. Sadly the vast majority around us bow unquestioningly to demands made by powerful groups like their govt or huge mega-corps. People seem to think these power-centres will always be benevolent and flawless... which history shows is a big mistake to assume.
- wallace_f 9y ago
  Fake News! Can't we have some trusted institution like ycombinator put these kind of comments through their truth filter before allowing them to be posted? They could even partner with Facebook to do this. /s
- bsaul 9y ago
  I wouldn’t put a democratic government on the same level of danger than profit driven mega corps. I’m pro free market, but some corps have reach state-level impact on people lives, and they remain without any kind of overview. I also don’t want state-run web sites to try to provide alternatives to Google ( like europe tried to do 10 years ago), so i think the foundation model is the perfect structure for that. Economically responsible, but not profit driven.
quickthrower2 9y ago
The best alternative is: no social network. Get people off this damn shit.