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Why was this chosen to be a keynote? This talk seems to not care about open social media, but rather that existing social media sites don't follow the author's

Why was this chosen to be a keynote? This talk seems to not care about open social media, but rather that existing social media sites don't follow the author's political agenda. Having a keynote trying to rally people into building sites that support a niche political agenda that the general public doesn't agree with doesn't accomplish the goals of making open social media more viable. This along with equating things with "Nazis" just further alienates people.

stormbeard 1y ago
I read this comment, went back to the article, and then came back to this comment. I have no idea what niche political agenda you're talking about- the message of the article is basically "solve problems your users are actually facing, not problems you think they have". You can apply the concepts the author talks about to _literally_ any group that would make use of social media.
- charcircuit 1y ago
  >solve problems your users are actually facing, not problems you think they have >You can apply the concepts the author talks about to _literally_ any group The presentation could have been modified to avoid alienating people if the author had focused on champinioning how open social media allows for the ability to solve these problems. >I have no idea what niche political agenda you're talking about Search the page for "Why should anyone care?", and you'll see it. Thos section of the talk he complains that the political situation of America doesn't match his views. Then in the next section, "The capitulation of social media", he complains about how other social media sites don't match his politics. Then in the next section, "The decline of journalism", the talker tries to argue his political opinion that journalists are a good thing. Then in the next section, "The problem is global", he explains that more places than just America don't share his political view. I'll stop here, but it goes on further, even to the very last sentence. I thought this was supposed to be a technology keynote, but this talker turned it into a place for him to complain about the political situation of the world.
saubeidl 1y ago
Being against Nazis is not a niche political agenda.
- HuwFulcher 1y ago
  The definition of “nazi” will make it niche

stormbeard 1y ago

I read this comment, went back to the article, and then came back to this comment. I have no idea what niche political agenda you're talking about- the message of the article is basically "solve problems your users are actually facing, not problems you think they have". You can apply the concepts the author talks about to _literally_ any group that would make use of social media.

charcircuit 1y ago
>solve problems your users are actually facing, not problems you think they have >You can apply the concepts the author talks about to _literally_ any group The presentation could have been modified to avoid alienating people if the author had focused on champinioning how open social media allows for the ability to solve these problems. >I have no idea what niche political agenda you're talking about Search the page for "Why should anyone care?", and you'll see it. Thos section of the talk he complains that the political situation of America doesn't match his views. Then in the next section, "The capitulation of social media", he complains about how other social media sites don't match his politics. Then in the next section, "The decline of journalism", the talker tries to argue his political opinion that journalists are a good thing. Then in the next section, "The problem is global", he explains that more places than just America don't share his political view. I'll stop here, but it goes on further, even to the very last sentence. I thought this was supposed to be a technology keynote, but this talker turned it into a place for him to complain about the political situation of the world.

saubeidl 1y ago

Being against Nazis is not a niche political agenda.

HuwFulcher 1y ago
The definition of “nazi” will make it niche