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I like seeing the competition. Maybe that's the answer for the social media bias. But I fear that any private platform will eventually get corrupted. I would st
by chrisco255 6y ago
I like seeing the competition. Maybe that's the answer for the social media bias. But I fear that any private platform will eventually get corrupted. I would strongly prefer an open-source standard to beat out the big tech monopolies.
- riffic 6y agothat standard exists.
- smhmd 6y agoWhat are you referring to? I find IRC irritating, personally.
- riffic 6y agohttps://www.w3.org/TR/social-web-protocols/ https://www.w3.org/TR/social-web-protocols/
- chrisco255 6y agoWhat's the user friendly, normie friendly open source social media service that rivals Twitter and Facebook in usability?
- riffic 6y agoGo to the front page of HN, and view the top post today. That is just one example of software that uses open web standards published by the W3C. There is a healthy ecosystem of software being designed to conform with these specifications.
- asdf123wtf 6y agoMastadon? Its nearly there anyway.