You know, there is this maddening trend on HN to bemoan how networks owned by large centralized corporations with profit motives enshittify everything (Skype, R

You know, there is this maddening trend on HN to bemoan how networks owned by large centralized corporations with profit motives enshittify everything (Skype, Reddit, LinkedIn) But then as soon as an open, decentralized alternative not driven by the profit motive is introduced, it’s knee-jerk criticized and downvoted. How do you expect anything to change if you won’t support any solutions? (Other than, let’s use the government regulations / antitrust / whatever). Here is a free and open alternative that I have been working on for 12 years: https://github.com/Qbix/Platform https://github.com/Qbix/Platform Here is exactly how it would reinvent the profit-driven ecosystem behind the current centralized social networks: https://qbix.com/ecosystem https://qbix.com/ecosystem It does to LinkedIn, Twitter et al what the Web did to AOL, MSN etc. Putting the control in the hands of the community. Here is what that looks like: https://qbix.com/communities https://qbix.com/communities And here is an application of the technology in one vertical, that I’m building using it. You can build your own: https://rational.app https://rational.app There are other solutions too, like Mastodon and Matrix. I just think they are much further behind and people expect features comparable to Facebook and Twitter, much like they expect the Impossible Burger to be as good as a meat burger as possible before they can switch. It’s not easy, but we need to support open source projects that get that done, rather than tear them apart. Just my 2c. PS: If anyone with any sort of skills wants to contribute to this, more than happy to talk. My email is greg at the domain qbix.com