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Absolutely loving how people are starting to abandon ship for self hosted platforms. If I had to compare this to a historical event, it would be like the Purit
by bjt2n3904 5y ago
Absolutely loving how people are starting to abandon ship for self hosted platforms.
If I had to compare this to a historical event, it would be like the Puritans leaving England for America to escape the oppressive bureaucracy that controlled their lives.
There's radical freedom in decentralized social media. The question is whether or not it will take off as a viable alternative to Facebook/Twitter/YouTube -- or whether it will become the next Parler-esque shipwreck.
- muglug 5y agoPeople have been abandoning walled gardens for many decades, but still walled gardens persist. Most either value the walls, or are indifferent to them.
- fennecfoxen 5y agoWell, to be quite fair, places like England persisted, too.