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Every time I see a Facebook, privacy or a social network topic on HN and then read about alternatives such as tent.io, mastodon and others I ask myself why the
by johnchristopher 9y ago
Every time I see a Facebook, privacy or a social network topic on HN and then read about alternatives such as tent.io, mastodon and others I ask myself why the open source world is so bent on reproducing it. Half of those topics dwell on privacy issues (might be fixable), half deals with the effects on the mind and on society. That won't be solved by the open-source software stack.
- s73v3r_ 9y agoWell, people clearly like this kind of social network thing. It makes sense that the open source community would try to replicate the experience without the tracking.
- captchasarehard 9y agoYou would be even right if you go as far as saying these alternatives do not provide privacy, quite often. It's still all in "the cloud". Yet there's one thing. The content. You'll never get that kind of content in mainstream networks (or maybe you will, some foss groups?) but not in such concentration. Once you become a regular user of "alternatives" there's no turning back (I hope it doesn't sound trite). So the effect on the mind and on society is the answer to your question, imho.