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Could the 2020s be the decade of decentralized social media? (self.chat)
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So last decade was filled with corporate social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, etc. And I mean it still is but perhaps if we play our cards right we can make 2020 the age of decentralized social media? Maybe we won’t end up being the top 5 pages on the internet but we just have to grab a good portion of people to compete more directly with the big corpos. Descripción

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[–] LiesSlander 4 points 1 year ago

I don't think we should try to compete with the big corporations. The Fediverse is best as an aggregate of different communities, not a massive platform. We are currently having lots of growth as the result of Big Tech's failures. People are seeking community elsewhere, and some are finding it here. But the important thing was never if they joined the Fediverse, it is if they find community.

What really matters is something we cannot do here on this platform, it is making the physical world one that can support the communities that people had before social media. This is how we will break the hold of corporate social media. That's a lot harder though, and while vitally important (its necessary for solving most of our collective problems) it is not something we can realistically achieve on BeeHaw. We can improve the Fediverse though, I've been loving the conversations here and elsewhere on this topic! But we do not need to beat the tech companies at their game, and trying to may not lead us down a good path in the long run.