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If Threads wins, all I have to say is that we have learned nothing on this subject in the past decade and change.

• bdcravens 3y ago
  We've learned a lot. We've learned that global social media needs tens of billions of dollars in funding to succeed, and the only possible alternatives are those backed by nation-states. I know we'd love to believe that a bunch of geeks with $5 Digital Ocean droplets running Mastodon can disrupt this reality, but that's just not happening outside of a very niche market.
  • CSSer 3y ago
    That’s not my dream. I simply hold the opinion that Meta is the worst possible candidate for this.
    • bdcravens 3y ago
      Among those with the means to fulfill it, who would you trust? Google? Microsoft? Apple? Another VC-handcuffed startup?
      • allarm 3y ago
        If there’s no one around to trust enough not using social media at all is fine alternative.
  • firecall 3y ago
    You could argue Twitter was a niche market as compared to Facebook! Twitter was constantly criticised for never living up to its potential; features, growth, revenue. Now people are complaining that Twitter isn’t like it was. The world has moved on I guess. Do people generally have the energy to get engaged in new social media networks. Dark social is where my activity is. Almost nothing is public these days, for me and my friends anyway.
  • allarm 3y ago
    > a very niche market If you join it, it will already be less niche. Instead, you advocate using the product of another monstrous company.