Post AJ0wZH81e26hcJXFAm by tfb@functional.cafe
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 (DIR) Post #AJ0Tf4J1Ko7oun5Wu8 by loweel@bbs.keinpfusch.net
       2022-04-25T19:19:20.860263Z
       
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       Stop saying “Mastodon”, and use “Fediverse”:I tell plain and clear. What happened to Twitter can happen to the fediverse too.if you concentrate on big instancesBig instances are expensive for the owner, (CPU, bandwidth, power, etc), so they put pressure on the owners to sell them. Plus, since they contain data, they are attractive for the millionaires.To concentrate on a few big instances creates the real danger a billionaire can buy the whole fediverse just buying the first, say, 20 instances by dimension. please use smaller instances, or create your ones, using services like https://masto.host/if you concentate on a single software.if everything runs on a single software, say Mastodon, the billionaires may want to buy who produces this software, thus controlling the development of the whole fediverse.So if you concentrate on a single software, you are creating an offer, and the demand of control is there. Please use different software, like Pleroma, Misskey, Friendica: all they are capable to federate, and make it harder for a single billionaire to control the whole, just controlling the incumbent platform.#fediverse #musk #twitter #control
       
 (DIR) Post #AJ0WRpeenMilZcaYBk by sj_zero@social.fbxl.net
       2022-05-01T11:56:16.685552Z
       
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       This really isn't a partisan thing either. A lot of the "right wing" people on fediverse fled sites like reddit and YouTube and even Twitter that were once for freedom of speech and not being evil until it turns out that evil is profitable and governments are more powerful than entire industries.
       
 (DIR) Post #AJ0wZH81e26hcJXFAm by tfb@functional.cafe
       2022-05-01T14:13:22Z
       
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       @loweel And if you want to stick with Mastodon because you like it, for continuity, whatever ... Check out the forks! This instance is running Glitch-SOC, for example. It was chosen for the features (long posts, markdown) but having a healthy, continuously developed fork leaves the software more resilient to the effects of potential bad actors
       
 (DIR) Post #AJ0wZHh7XYBDN9xGsK by loweel@bbs.keinpfusch.net
       2022-05-01T15:24:10.833316Z
       
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       @tfb the instance I am running uses Pleroma, and I am pretty happy of it.