Does the Fediverse give you hope?

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That’s a cool idea? How do we actually make that happen? Call up NPR?

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Voting doesn't work, they control the candidates. Money and power is what people like that want, and they get that in exchange for playing along.

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Calling it Fireside Fedi, where I just talk to folks around the Fediverse and get to know them. I have Gabe Kangas first tomorrow. He's the lead Dev of Owncast. Created a community !firesidefedi for my.world if you're interested. Fully Fedi powered. Livestream, Voss, socials, eventually setting up Fedi audio player as well.

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Yes! A bump for spritely!

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It's nice to see a significant portion of people (probably still not enough though) leave proprietary social media. Unfortunately, it took them extremely long to realize why that's a bad thing to use.

So that's one step in the right direction I guess.

On the other hand, there generally isn't much hope for humanity left because we haven't learned from past mistakes, haven't listened to science, and haven't ensured ourselves a decent future on this planet.

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Cool idea!

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I think it's unhealthy to suggest we have no control over the world. Invidiually, yes we have very little influence, but collectively, we have tremendous power to influence the world. To believe otherwise simply ensures others who will act and believe they can influence things will dominate over those who believe they are impotent.

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I hope. :-D. I'm no Dev, but I enjoy talking to people and I really believe In the Fediverse so just trying to contribute anyway I can to make it a more welcoming and interesting place.

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No, the Fediverse is full of conservatives. The technology is great, but the people here suck.

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Yeah, being banned because a mod didn't like you was the worst thing on Reddit. Especially if they modded multiple subs and banned you from a subreddit you never even came close to breaking the rules on. Some Reddit mods were just assholes.

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I'm curious about this too

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But the point is, you have freedom to choose whatever instance and thus whatever level of moderation you want. I'm not saying censorship is impossible here, that's just not the argument. The thing is, you aren't locked in to the control of a specific group/owner/company. If you don't like the way things are being run, skip to somewhere else, or alternatively make your own instance.

For people who value freedom the most, you can choose a platform with less moderation, and thereby accepting the risks that come with it. For people who value a more safe, stable and curated platform, choose one with more/stricter moderation.

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Bruh, I've been tracking it for years and the fediverse was dead before the Reddit exodus. Now I can have discussions about fantasy football without going on Reddit or X

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If you don't want to argue about it then don't bring it up.

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Help yourself.

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that train of thought isn’t very productive

It's not supposed to be productive, it's just an observation of reality and an answer to OP's question.

ask ourselves why people are choosing BlueSky over Mastodon

Because they're once again choosing convenience over user-centric platforms.

That and custom user-generated algorithms.

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My setup is quite complex and I have 1000+ MAU so we're not a small instance anymore. That said we use hetzner, ovh, and mailgun. Our hosting hosts are more than 100 per month but I could probably be running a bit cheaper if I wanted, but this way we have easy growing space.

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Nothing gives me hope these are the darkest times ever

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Hey drag
Auth Left is still leftist even if they're anti lgbt

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It gives me hope, but hope for a slightly better future; not for a cure for fundamental ills of online communities.

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Does the Fediverse give you hope?