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> Idealism alone won't convince people to switch to Mastodon instead of using Twiiter or Peertube intead of Youtube. Just curious, according to you, is democra
by antpls 8y ago
> Idealism alone won't convince people to switch to Mastodon instead of using Twiiter or Peertube intead of Youtube.
Just curious, according to you, is democracy an idealism that happened alone or with a product?
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- remir 8y agoWhat I think about democracy is irrelevant. The question is: will idealism be enough to convince people to switch from Twitter to Mastodon and my answer is no.
- antpls 8y agoTwitter, Mastodon can be tools for political system such as democracy. Twitter don't sell anything to the end user : it is free, it is not really a "product" for an end user. Why did people use it? Because it's a new way of expressing your ideas. If some governments force Twitter to censor itself for X reasons, and users disagree with it, people will start to look for alternative to express themselves. Also I think the Mastodon/federation system is harder to block nation-wide than just Twitter. Democracy is totally revelant to the topic imho. Edit : so, maybe Mastodon will never be as big as Twitter, but the goal isn't to migrate everyone from Twitter to another platform. The goal is to propose alternatives. The title of the submission is a bit click-bait