• lemmus@szmer.info
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    This is bullshit, don’t let them convince you. They want closed source app, your photo and ID to make an account, while we already have Mastodon that could replace X.

  • fennesz12@feddit.dk
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    I sure as hell trust EU consumer protections over american nonsense, and I will be creating a profile there. I’ve already opened an account on a norweagian based social media, that is slowly growing.

    I doubt any of these will explode over night, but an alternative is more than welcome.

  • runner_g@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    Every country on earth already has the staffing and infrastructure to self-host a mastadon server. This would be so much easier than trying to rebuild the technology from the ground up. if you see a post from a government run instance, you know it’s a gov official since mastadon can restrict registrations. Could literally be done in a weekend.

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      Mastodon is often mentioned as an alternative, but it has its own problems. In my opinion, the biggest one is that there is no way to sort your feed like you can on Lemmy. A chronological timeline will always lead to quantity being prioritized over quality. That’s why newer users in particular only see boring stuff. If you bring this up, you’re guaranteed to get some Madison fan saying that Mastodon doesn’t want to be like Twitter, and especially doesn’t want to have an algorithmic feed. But then it’s not and cannot be an alternative.

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      There’s a recurring problem where the people who make decisions aren’t the people who should make decisions. And many of the people who should be making decisions are too bogged down to deal with everything.

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    W as in WHY? GODDAMN, WHY?

    The Fediverse is here, it works, it is a living ecosystem… WHY REINVENT THE GODDAMN FUCKING WHEEL?

  • BaraCoded@literature.cafe
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    Sounds like a good initiative, but too X-adjacent, and I don’t believe in freedom of speech on a platform that requires an ID to sign in. I’ll stay on the fediverse.