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I wonder if it's possible to take the Wikipedia model (open source, non profit entity) and use that to build a social network.
by Rodeoclash 3y ago
I wonder if it's possible to take the Wikipedia model (open source, non profit entity) and use that to build a social network.
- novagameco 3y agoI always thought it would be cool if every NPR/PBS station also ran Fediverse nodes of mastodon or whatever the Fediverse version of Facebook is. Would provide a public-funded option with more transparency
- munchler 3y agoDeleted
- rglullis 3y agoThe BBC started running their own instance as an experiment, and it seems that they will not keep it running: https://mstdn.social/@isleofmandan/111775751771437531 https://mstdn.social/@isleofmandan/111775751771437531
- Rodeoclash 3y agoYeah, I like the federated idea, but I think it had its chance when Elon took over Twitter and they never managed to capture the exodus of users in any significant way. The barrier to entry was just too high (but they have taken great steps to reduce the complexity).
- novagameco 3y agoWell my experience with Mastodon has been that it's almost entirely tech people who are joining mastodon for the technical novelty. If every NPR/PBS station launched a social network concurrently, then people would quickly find other people on the platform to connect with
- vdaea 3y agoWikipedia is special in that 1) it's very cacheable so the infrastructure costs are low and 2) it's not too expensive in terms of development since I assume people don't expect many features.
- paulddraper 3y agoIt also has a better charity story, because "summarizing the knowledge of mankind" seems a tag more lofty than a social network. (Even if that's not the case...)
- ThinkingGuy 3y agoLike WT Social? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WT_Social https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WT_Social https://wt.social/ https://wt.social/