In follow-up to the issues I outlined in the Mastodon versus Fediverse discussion, here I want to address an even broader, more urgent topic that I have been trying to put to attention for some time. What I find the most intriguing and challenging - and the general objective that SocialHub was created for - is not so much the individual choices of a FOSS project, but rather: "How to keep things moving and ensure Fediverse evolves in a healthy and steady way?" Whatever you think of Signal m...

We must find a way to empower this community or in some years, sooner or later, the Fediverse as we know it now will be replaced with the next-shiny-thing, and the cycle starts all over again. There is a “Tragedy of the Commons” that applies to Fediverse just as well, that we must overcome.

To me the discussion is not whether Fediverse will be for the masses as alternative to toxic social media molochs, or just for a niche group of people that is able to uphold its unique culture. To me this discussion is about whether Fediverse has a good chance to survive in the long run. It revolves about long-term feasibility of the things we are all passionately working on.

  • jasm@fapsi.be
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    4 years ago

    Exactly this. I think there’s a misconception that a platform needs to be “big” to be successful.

    In my view success is simply having a working product, users, and fulfilling a need.

    Again, my opinion… the need fulfilled by lemmy is escaping from moderator abuse and corporate censorship of Reddit.