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I am 100% excited by the Fediverse and 0% excited by the Metaverse. Finally we're getting a way out of the walled garden/silo model of social networks pushed by

I am 100% excited by the Fediverse and 0% excited by the Metaverse. Finally we're getting a way out of the walled garden/silo model of social networks pushed by commercial platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Reddit.

kzrdude 5y ago
The fediverse seems to barely be growing and have no chance of mainstream adoption. Maybe that's fine, that's just going to mean it's a more exclusive internet.
- agluszak 5y ago
  > barely be growing and have no chance of mainstream adoption I guess someone could have said that about ARPANET in 1970s... ;)
- solarkraft 5y ago
  So far I enjoy this exclusive internet. So many more cool people, so much less shitty commercialization and user-hostility. Of course it’s not 100% ready for everyone yet, but I don’t think it’s very far. Like the early internet, it’s currently full of early adopters and still a little awkward to use. I don’t think it will stay that way forever.
- dane-pgp 5y ago
  Barely growing? I don't know which stats you're looking at, but the Fediverse Observer charts[0] show that the number of users, servers, and posts have all doubled since the start of 2020. [0] https://fediverse.observer/stats https://fediverse.observer/stats
  - wiz21c 5y ago
    4500000 users ! that's a lot. I thought that kind of stuff was for a niche. Looks much more promising all of a suddend ! thx for sharing.
- BeFlatXIII 5y ago
  I am totally fine with the outcome of an exclusive internet that's exclusive due to a lack of interest rather than exclusive by dedicated gatekeeping.
- Seirdy 5y ago
  How big do you need it to be? It's already big enough for me to get a nice home timeline with an update every few minutes, or even several times a minute should I be so inclined.
- riffic 5y ago
  > The fediverse seems to barely be growing That's fine. It's not in a race for users. The ActivityPub-powered ecosystem is based on open and interoperable standards and is a genie that can not be placed back inside of its bottle.

kzrdude 5y ago

The fediverse seems to barely be growing and have no chance of mainstream adoption. Maybe that's fine, that's just going to mean it's a more exclusive internet.

agluszak 5y ago
> barely be growing and have no chance of mainstream adoption I guess someone could have said that about ARPANET in 1970s... ;)
solarkraft 5y ago
So far I enjoy this exclusive internet. So many more cool people, so much less shitty commercialization and user-hostility. Of course it’s not 100% ready for everyone yet, but I don’t think it’s very far. Like the early internet, it’s currently full of early adopters and still a little awkward to use. I don’t think it will stay that way forever.
dane-pgp 5y ago
Barely growing? I don't know which stats you're looking at, but the Fediverse Observer charts[0] show that the number of users, servers, and posts have all doubled since the start of 2020. [0] https://fediverse.observer/stats https://fediverse.observer/stats
- wiz21c 5y ago
  4500000 users ! that's a lot. I thought that kind of stuff was for a niche. Looks much more promising all of a suddend ! thx for sharing.
BeFlatXIII 5y ago
I am totally fine with the outcome of an exclusive internet that's exclusive due to a lack of interest rather than exclusive by dedicated gatekeeping.
Seirdy 5y ago
How big do you need it to be? It's already big enough for me to get a nice home timeline with an update every few minutes, or even several times a minute should I be so inclined.
riffic 5y ago
> The fediverse seems to barely be growing That's fine. It's not in a race for users. The ActivityPub-powered ecosystem is based on open and interoperable standards and is a genie that can not be placed back inside of its bottle.