Now to just need to replace all the other social media with open source

Think about it, open source twitter, open source tiktok, open source instagram

If we could get everyone to switch away from the corporate social media

  • JakeBacon@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I will point out that Mastodon and Pixelfed are Federated and open source versions of Twitter and Instagram respectively. Although, I do remember seeing something about Pixelfed’s founder stepping away for a while.

  • reksas@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Alternatives for many things already exist. Only thing missing for many is large enough userbase. We can’t trust every company to shoot themselves into foot like reddit did nor can we trust they will do it thoroughly enough. We can build what we have into inherently better services than what corporations have.

    We probably can’t recreate all the bells and whistles as the corporations have made, but actual freedom to do what we want, be it creating content or improving the services itself, is worth more than anything those moneygrubbing shits can create.

    • vamp07@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I don’t think the user base needs to hit the size of Reddit. It just needs to reach a size of critical mass where discussions are productive. I for one have not unsubscribe from Reddit, but I have killed my paid account and will promote the use of Lemmy, wherever possible, mostly by posting and participating in the groups I’m interested in.

        • vamp07@lemm.eeEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Well, that one is debatable, and it would be a nice problem to have. The cool thing about Reddit-type functionality is that countless posts is not really a problem; the better stuff always bubbles to the top. It’s completely the opposite with Twitter. The more people that post, the messier it gets and the stuff that gets bubbled to the top tends to be the stuff the least informed but funniest and highest follower count posters post or promote. Many times, your follower count is in inverse relation to your intelligence and value add.