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It's not like they stated a goal of creating something exactly like Reddit. They are building an application that is meant to be decentralized and with no singl
by rglullis 3y ago
It's not like they stated a goal of creating something exactly like Reddit. They are building an application that is meant to be decentralized and with no single entity concentrating power - or in the case of social media, "eyeballs".
Do you think they should just say "oh, we set out to build something to help people get rid of Big Tech and Surveillance Capitalism, but people are really impatient so we are just going to scrap that and do that instead?"
The fact that it doesn't work if everyone tries to gather around a handful of servers is a feature and not a bug. If others can not be patient, supportive or understanding enough, then what else can we say besides "good luck and I hope that Big Tech does not destroy you like they are destroying everyone else"?
- nailer 3y ago> The fact that it doesn't work if everyone tries to gather around a handful of servers is a feature and not a bug. If the design onboards users in a way that breaks the system, like it sounds, that’s a bug.
- rglullis 3y agoIt doesn't break the system, it breaks one node. The system as a whole will continue to function.
- nailer 3y agoGood point, I’ll correct myself: If the design onboards users in a way that breaks the most popular node that’s a bug.
- rglullis 3y ago> breaks the most popular node that's a bug. By "breaking" the bigger nodes, people will disperse to others. The system self-regulates. That to me is a smarter approach than any attempt at "intelligent" design.