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but they didn't set up their own platform, instead they relied on patreon.

• justAnotherNET 8y ago
  The platform they were attempting to replace is youtube. How do you replace one platform when all the others conspire to prevent you from doing so? You can't just bootstrap your own internet... at some level you're using other's stuff
• bdcravens 8y ago
  I believe "platform" in this context refers to the content platform. (just a fancy way of saying host your own website instead of distributing via Youtube) edit: Looks like they're more than just a "website", but both this site and the platform site really don't do a good job of explaining that.
  • buboard 8y ago
    the platform is incomplete. It's pretty obvious nowadays that any platform that makes free speech its main selling point will be ousted by every payment processor.
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• cft 8y ago
  They did not lay their own fiber either. Where do you draw that boundary?
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  • buboard 8y ago
    the main ways to censor seem to be DNS, payments and hosting. I have not heard yet about cutting people's fiber. So, a platform that wants to be resistant to censorship should probably provide all 3
  • programmarchy 8y ago
    Setting up a new government?