Comment by Funes-

Comment by Funes- 4 days ago

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I dream of the day we give ourselves a decentralized protocol that, while providing an opt-in way of following current events, offers us an extreme breadth of content without being a hypercapitalistic, attention-grabbing nightmare that tries to get us to compulsively consume absolute junk constantly, at the cost of everything else. In the meantime, looks like Sunday is gonna be a fun day.

smeggysmeg 4 days ago

ActivityPub is exactly that. Mastodon, Pleroma, Pixelfed, etc.

What you're asking for exists.

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  • Funes- 4 days ago

    It doesn't. I'm talking about true decentralization (peer to peer), not federation (the worst of both worlds). It should also be uncensorable and come with some implementation that does away entirely with the idea of "social media" or "microblogging". Just a better version of what the web 1.0 was.

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    • pkkkzip 4 days ago

      true decentralization means it will be rife with bad actors taking over the network in decentralized methods. it won't work and will be ultimately result for illegal activities.

      decentralization != morally beneficial for the masses.

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      • pishpash 4 days ago

        So do the masses have the wisdom to rule themselves or do they need a paternalistic gatekeeper? Pick one.

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