cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/18019157
Once upon a time, in a galaxy not so far away (this one, in fact), a few internet rebels decided that they were tired of the corporate overlords controlling their online lives. Thus, the fediverse was born — an attempt to wrest control of microblogging services, such as Twitter and its ilk, away from centralized powers and into the hands of the people.
Fuck Bluesky for breaking interoperability before it even started. There was no reason to not use the open source protocol.
Why does it seem to be getting more traction than Mastodon? Makes no sense.
Discoverability on Mastodon is not as good IMO and custom feeds on Bluesky are amazing.
tl;dr: Here’s everything you need to know about the fediverse, assuming you’re never going to use it. Now, back to our regular coverage of all the biggest social companies, including TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and Reddit, as well as funding and acquisitions of new social startups.
Yeah, it feels like pandering crap for sure.
The article went out of its way to not mention Lemmy
It is weird. Lemmy is the second largest fedi platform, having long since passed Pixelfed. But it is rarely mentioned in articles like these. I’m not sure what makes it such the black sheep.
One reason is reddit is still much lower in the public consciousness, compared to Instagram, which is effectively the biggest social media nowadays.
If they’ve heard of Lemmy then it’s probably the Tankie connection that’s putting them off. If.
Guessing Kbin/Mbin is also either unheard of or tainted by association.
Or it could just be: “But why
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And instead mentions Bluesky, which I wouldn’t even really classify as part of the Fediverse. Sure, it’s federated, but it’s pretty much just federated with its own self, and isn’t accessible from any part of the Fediverse at large.
Who?
The article is nice, but I’m not sure if I’d send it to friends that aren’t familiar with the fediverse. It seems to gloss over some problems and focus less relevant ones
It doesn’t touch on the issues with Blueskys protocol and makes it sound like an equivalent choice (or worse, a better choice). In the downsides section it touches on racism in badly moderated instances, and the difficulty of setting up an instance. Those issues aren’t relevant to the vast majority of users who will join a large instance that has defederated from the bad stuff.
It’s a nice article for those who are already somewhat familiar, but a bad first impression
Yeah, I think alot of media outlets just don’t understand the fedi… Or much TBH 😂
Fuck blue sky
Agreed lol, and Threads
I may have missed something: what’s the issue with Blue Sky?
Wow. Thank you.
- doesnt use ActivityPub, so it federates on its own protocol…
- is not fully decentralized, in that it requires ‘routers’ managed by big companies for some core features
Thanks for letting me know.
Once again, us Lemminos go completely unnoticed.
My first instinct was „meh“ but this reads like a great guide for non tech users to grasp the fedi.
