Post by @feditips@mstdn.social

2023-04-20 21:34 UTC

Yes, signing up on one server is much easier for people who are used to centralised services like Twitter, Facebook etc. But as we have seen from Twitter, such a setup leaves you at the mercy of Musk-type takeovers. For-profit social networks do not like federation, they hate it as they see it as competition. It is very likely that a commercial takeover of a majority server would defederate it, to prevent people leaving and simplify its maintenance. (4/6)

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@feditips@mstdn.social 2023-04-20 21:34

This is not an attack on Eugen, I don't do those. Most of what @Gargron@mastodon.social does is amazing, the Fedi owes him a great deal, and the fact he turned down large sums of VC money recently shows great integrity. But eventually most people in that position will crack. Ever larger sums of money can make even the nicest people sell out. If most of the Fediverse is on mastodon.social, it WILL receive more takeover bids. If it grows even further, these bids will become even higher. (5/6)

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@algernon@journa.host 2023-04-22 05:34

@feditips@mstdn.social Scratching my head here. I’m neither technically proficient nor especially patient. I heard Mastodon was “hard,” only to find out it isn’t, including choosing a server. It really isn’t hard but that’s what I keep hearing.

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