Defense of the internet (from billionaires) according to Cory Doctorow (pluralistic.net)
from will_a113@lemmy.ml to fediverse@lemmy.world on 03 Feb 02:13
https://lemmy.ml/post/25542903

When even Cory Doctrow starts to sound like an optimist I have to give myself a reality check as it usually means I’m heading off the deep end. But in this case it just rubs me the wrong way that he talks about Mastodon and Bluesky in the same breath – one is not like the other.

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TORFdot0@lemmy.world on 03 Feb 03:06 next collapse

Doctorow lays out the technical challenges of ATProto and why it really isn’t really feasibly federated or decentralized, and why he supports Free Our Feeds. He’s pragmatic and is primarily concerned with stopping enshittification, not concerned with being married to ActivityPub.

n2burns@lemmy.ca on 03 Feb 03:39 collapse

He’s pragmatic

Really? To me, most everything he says comes off as completely impractical. I appreciate that he came up with enshittification, and some of his thoughts are great, but most of it is pie-in-the-sky thinking that could only work in some hypothetical utopia,

themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works on 03 Feb 03:41 next collapse

Doctorow has never been a practical thinker. That’s just not what he does.

qprimed@lemmy.ml on 03 Feb 03:48 collapse

and thats ok. some great work has been done making the impractical practical. the article was a good think piece. it did its job.

TORFdot0@lemmy.world on 03 Feb 03:51 next collapse

I specifically mean when it comes to supporting either Mastodon or Bluesky. I’ve only started reading his work the last few months after, well everything, so I’m not terribly familiar with his entire writings.

I’d agree with your point as I don’t really care for his political writings as I don’t really find them realistic. I had to roll my eyes at his post of how to cut the federal budget.

will_a113@lemmy.ml on 03 Feb 04:26 collapse

I think he’s pragmatic in the “whatever tool gets the job done” sense, but not in the “this is the job we should be doing” sense — if that makes any sense :)

n2burns@lemmy.ca on 03 Feb 14:41 collapse

That makes perfect sense. Thanks for explaining it so well!

Emperor@feddit.uk on 03 Feb 14:55 collapse

This post sounds less like someone reading a hostage statement, like the last BS one. It makes a lot of sense and I’m glad he’s involved in the effort as it will help to keep them honest.