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I wish I could be happy to use this, but I’m afraid big tech is just too big for me to jump ship. (Network effect) I’m starting to think that Government should

by tdhz77 4y ago

I wish I could be happy to use this, but I’m afraid big tech is just too big for me to jump ship. (Network effect) I’m starting to think that Government should think about breaking up social media sites or highly regulate them. The twitter Elon saga makes me think it will be impossible in the United States.

Barrin92 4y ago
>Government should think about breaking up social media sites or highly regulate them they don't need to do anything that drastic. They literally need to do one straight forward thing. Force Twitter to open up their API and let people build a bridge to ActivityPub. Hell Elon could do it if he is serious about decentralization.
- xiphias2 4y ago
  He never really said decentralization, I’m not sure where you read it. He wants to identify people like Facebook does it to get rid of bots. At the same time at least he is greatly incentivised to get rid of car emissions, which is good enough reason for me to side with him instead of other people.
- jfkimmes 4y ago
  The Digital Markets Act [1] was just passed in the EU. It does exactly that. Enforce interoperability for "gatekeepers". I think Twitter is not quite big enough, yet, though. [1]: https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/europe-fit-digital-age/digital-markets-act-ensuring-fair-and-open-digital-markets_en#what-are-the-benefits-of-the-digital-markets-act https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/euro...
- mariusor 4y ago
  There are already bridges from twitter to activitypub, however most of the people in the fediverse feel themselves superior to twitter and actively discourage this. If there's a way for twitter to interop with activitypub you will most likely see instances specifically blacklisting it (especially if it becomes a free speech platform). Personally I don't understand why, the negativity and the assholes are already there but maybe in lesser numbers.
lokedhs 4y ago
This is a serious question, why is it that big tech is too big for you to jump ship? What are you trying to get out the use of social media? To me, it's conversations with interesting people in a pleasant environment. I'm getting that from the Fediverse. Unless you're a brand that uses social media for marketing purposes, I don't understand why it's sol important to use the big brand platform. I kind of suspect the answer is going to be something like "the people I want to follow are on there". But there are equally interesting people on the other platform, it's just that you are not familiar with them because you're not on that platform. Also, there is no need to switch completely. Follow both and perhaps you'll start paying more attention to the one that is friendly and not driven by engagement.

by tdhz77 4y ago

Barrin92 4y ago

>Government should think about breaking up social media sites or highly regulate them they don't need to do anything that drastic. They literally need to do one straight forward thing. Force Twitter to open up their API and let people build a bridge to ActivityPub. Hell Elon could do it if he is serious about decentralization.

xiphias2 4y ago
He never really said decentralization, I’m not sure where you read it. He wants to identify people like Facebook does it to get rid of bots. At the same time at least he is greatly incentivised to get rid of car emissions, which is good enough reason for me to side with him instead of other people.
jfkimmes 4y ago
The Digital Markets Act [1] was just passed in the EU. It does exactly that. Enforce interoperability for "gatekeepers". I think Twitter is not quite big enough, yet, though. [1]: https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/europe-fit-digital-age/digital-markets-act-ensuring-fair-and-open-digital-markets_en#what-are-the-benefits-of-the-digital-markets-act https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/euro...
mariusor 4y ago
There are already bridges from twitter to activitypub, however most of the people in the fediverse feel themselves superior to twitter and actively discourage this. If there's a way for twitter to interop with activitypub you will most likely see instances specifically blacklisting it (especially if it becomes a free speech platform). Personally I don't understand why, the negativity and the assholes are already there but maybe in lesser numbers.

lokedhs 4y ago

This is a serious question, why is it that big tech is too big for you to jump ship? What are you trying to get out the use of social media? To me, it's conversations with interesting people in a pleasant environment. I'm getting that from the Fediverse. Unless you're a brand that uses social media for marketing purposes, I don't understand why it's sol important to use the big brand platform. I kind of suspect the answer is going to be something like "the people I want to follow are on there". But there are equally interesting people on the other platform, it's just that you are not familiar with them because you're not on that platform. Also, there is no need to switch completely. Follow both and perhaps you'll start paying more attention to the one that is friendly and not driven by engagement.