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Which really says a lot about how hard it is to leave platforms. The network effect is hard to overcome.

taurath 1y ago
There's no technical reason that one couldn't move from platform to platform and link identities - the restrictions around IP and platform lock-in only benefit the platform owner, ensuring that competition will be stifled rather than the platform made useful for its users. The sad part is that ad networks know more about our connections across platforms than we're allowed to.
- gchamonlive 1y ago
  There is also no technical reason people have to stay, because tech isn't the problem here. The value in these platforms aren't in the range of features they provide, but the engagement between individuals and the community and the value of the information it generates.
- baby 1y ago
  how do you move platform when you have >10k followers on twitter?
  - taurath 1y ago
    If you can be found on any other platform, your followers will be able to follow to those. There’s no benefit to being on one platform.
    - baby 1y ago
      Things you can say when you have 10 followers on twitter
4gotunameagain 1y ago
Which reinforces the concept of a digital fiefdom; the owners of said platforms have this immense power only because they were the first to implement their ideas during the internet boom. And now we're stuck with Zuckerberg, Musk and Bezos. Out of all people, the last ones I would choose to have unelected power. Okay maybe the last one would be Joe Rogan.
- nlitened 1y ago
  Sir, I've seen whom you _elected_, let's be humble here about preferred choices
  - 4gotunameagain 1y ago
    I'm wildly offended that you called me an american.
    - nlitened 1y ago
      Now I’m curious to know whom you’ve elected in your home country
      - 4gotunameagain 1y ago
        I personally have never elected anyone ;)
        nlitened 1y ago
        Not voting is voting for the majority candidate though :)
        4gotunameagain 1y ago
        I said I did not elect, not that I did not vote.
conradfr 1y ago
I just think that apps / social networks / whatever are usually not replaced by a copy of the same thing. Google+ didn't replace Facebook, Signal didn't replace Whatsapp, Bluesky won't replace Twitter.

There's no technical reason that one couldn't move from platform to platform and link identities - the restrictions around IP and platform lock-in only benefit the platform owner, ensuring that competition will be stifled rather than the platform made useful for its users. The sad part is that ad networks know more about our connections across platforms than we're allowed to.

gchamonlive 1y ago
There is also no technical reason people have to stay, because tech isn't the problem here. The value in these platforms aren't in the range of features they provide, but the engagement between individuals and the community and the value of the information it generates.
baby 1y ago
how do you move platform when you have >10k followers on twitter?
- taurath 1y ago
  If you can be found on any other platform, your followers will be able to follow to those. There’s no benefit to being on one platform.
  - baby 1y ago
    Things you can say when you have 10 followers on twitter

4gotunameagain 1y ago

Which reinforces the concept of a digital fiefdom; the owners of said platforms have this immense power only because they were the first to implement their ideas during the internet boom. And now we're stuck with Zuckerberg, Musk and Bezos. Out of all people, the last ones I would choose to have unelected power. Okay maybe the last one would be Joe Rogan.

nlitened 1y ago
Sir, I've seen whom you _elected_, let's be humble here about preferred choices
- 4gotunameagain 1y ago
  I'm wildly offended that you called me an american.
  - nlitened 1y ago
    Now I’m curious to know whom you’ve elected in your home country
    - 4gotunameagain 1y ago
      I personally have never elected anyone ;)
      - nlitened 1y ago
        Not voting is voting for the majority candidate though :)
        4gotunameagain 1y ago
        I said I did not elect, not that I did not vote.

conradfr 1y ago

I just think that apps / social networks / whatever are usually not replaced by a copy of the same thing. Google+ didn't replace Facebook, Signal didn't replace Whatsapp, Bluesky won't replace Twitter.