We should not try to include as many people as we can at all cost. We should be honest and ensure people join the Fediverse because they share some of the values behind it.
Exactly my thoughts on this topic.
We should be honest and ensure people join the Fediverse because they share some of the values behind it.
How could that be done? Anyone with the resources can host an instance, and there are plenty of instances with a low entry bar.
If the fediverse grows enough, we can be sure some entities will join not because they share our values, but because they see our value.
I don’t see how we could prevent that or ensure only good guys enter. The fediverse is open by design.
The article is not about single persons who might be trolls or whatever to qualify as a “bad guy”. But about megacorporations like Meta. The best way to deal with them is-in my opinion-to not cooperate and defederate them as soon as they start to enter.
answered to myself accidently.
I know we all dream of having all our friends and family on the Fediverse
I honestly have to say that this isn’t remotely part of my dream. I couldn’t care less about the friends and families that are using facebook. They can contact me over E-Mail or over my phone. If they want to stay in touch even more, come join Discord or leave it be, simple as that.
If it wasn’t for those alternative social media, I wouldn’t even use social media at all.
Am I in the minority for thinking like that?
I prefer to keep online forums anonymous. People can’t be nervous to speak their mind.
Joke’s on you, thanks to cripplingly low self-esteem and intrusive paranoid thoughts, I am always nervous to speak my mind.
