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What stops Twitter from becoming a member of the fediverse? Like others have done in technology, they can become initially equal members, then degrade the othe
by WaitWaitWha 4y ago
What stops Twitter from becoming a member of the fediverse?
Like others have done in technology, they can become initially equal members, then degrade the others, and finally make it painful to use/participate with other members of the federation. This would force federation members and users to succumb and join the empire as a subject versus equal.
- phailhaus 4y agoOr, the reverse: what stops the fediverse from becoming Twitter? Like the post shows, it seems like these apps tend to consolidate around one or two instances. So you just end up making Twitter again.
- blamestross 4y agoIt probably will. This is normal and we will need to rebel again in a decade.
- zimpenfish 4y ago> Like the post shows, it seems like these apps tend to consolidate around one or two instances. For now, I'd say that was probably because it's a new thing to most people and people hear "Mastodon" and, understandably, head for mastodon.social. Give it a year and I think people will be much more spread out than they are now.
- shp0ngle 4y agoOther fediverse servers can quickly block them from federating. Gab (the Nazi thing) and Truth Social (the Trump thing) are both based on Mastodon, but nobody wants to federate with them.