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What is the innovation you're talking about in this case? They installed Mastodon and created 40 accounts, only to conclude that nobody cares about it (but some
by s1k3s 2y ago
What is the innovation you're talking about in this case? They installed Mastodon and created 40 accounts, only to conclude that nobody cares about it (but somehow it's a massive success at the same time). Is that where we are with innovation?
- moooo99 2y agoWhy is it not innovative? It is a new way of government and citizen interaction, which sounds like it is well worth the attempt. Since it didn’t catch on, the citizens voted, but offering a new communication channel for citizens doesn’t sound like it belongs onto the long list of EU critique
- sharpshadow 2y agoInnovation is not packaging existing technology in a new shell. That’s creative at most.
- moooo99 2y agoSo by extension, there is basically no innovation currently going on right now? New CPUs arent innovative. x86 is still the same and the rest is just better production technology. New production processes aren't innovative either. EUV is just a different light source anyways. New companies finding uses for generative AI are just OpenAI API wrappers anyways. Your logic spun to a strict degree would mean that nothing except inventing is innovative, which is an expectation that will not hold up in the real world.
- sharpshadow 2y agoYou got it right there ;)
- Arnt 2y agoAFAICT they call it a success because the users were happy with the quality of service, and close it because noone wants to fund it. If that reading is correct, then the 40 are happy to use a server paid for out of someone else's budget and think the admin has done a good job, but don't want to become the new admin or pay for running the server. It reminds me of many stories of open source projects: Happy users — who don't want to pay or take over the work.