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I wonder how far the bifurcation of the Internet will go. Gab, Parler, Voat, etc. are all just the beginning in my mind.
by throwawaygulf 6y ago
I wonder how far the bifurcation of the Internet will go. Gab, Parler, Voat, etc. are all just the beginning in my mind.
- KLexpat 6y agoNetflix is fragmenting into Disneyplus, HBO , etc. Facebook and Twitter are fragmenting into a bunch of different 'alt' services These companies will get completely crushed if the stock market decides that even a company with the scale of facebook can't establish a permanent moat from new entrants. A bit of a MySpace moment happening again
- dragonwriter 6y ago> Netflix is fragmenting into Disneyplus, HBO , etc. HBO is older than Netflix, as are most of the media companies opposing Netflix. Netflix was first in streaming, but streaming is just a delivery mechanism, the real product is the content and (but for a one-off) they haven't radically transformed that. Netflix isn't “fragmenting", movies and serialized shows are moving from TV/Cable (and, recently, theaters) to streaming for delivery.
- foolmeonce 6y agoI don't get how a bifurcation is supposed to work, Ukrainian grand mothers are supposed to choose between America First and (American only) Black Lives Matter?
- throwawaygulf 6y agoPretty much. America First Streaming is using RedWhiteBlue Hosting, FreedomDNS, etc. and BLM Streaming is using Antifa Hosting, DefundPoliceDNS, etc. And for the rest of us who are caught in the middle, those above options are all that we have. Imagine if restaurants only had Kosher and Halal food, but no longer make "regular" food because "regular" people will reluctantly eat Kosher or Halal, but Kosher and Halal customers will not entertain "regular" food. So the entire stack all the way down becomes bifurcated due to political beliefs. https://nassimtaleb.org/2016/08/intolerant-wins-dictatorship-small-minority/ https://nassimtaleb.org/2016/08/intolerant-wins-dictatorship...
- ALittleLight 6y agoVoat is dead and Parler seems to be mostly dead, so they're not off to a great start.
- mpfundstein 6y agoparler is not mostly dead. what are you talking about? they just found new hosting.
- ALittleLight 6y agoI just checked the app and every request is still failing to connect. I suppose what I'm talking about is the whole, their service not working thing. "Mostly dead", per Princess Bride, allows the possibility that they will return to life.
- m-p-3 6y agoVoat is dead, but there's Ruqqus and Poal to name a few.
- throwawaygulf 6y agoGab, Ruqqus, etc. have shot up. Parler also rose astronomically, but they have to find a new host now. Off to a great start, honestly.
- mytailorisrich 6y agoThis is not a "bifurcation of the internet", just different websites/apps used by different people, which really is what the internet has always been about. Fragmentation of the internet is rather e.g. the Great Firewall of China.