The rise of ethical social media: can open-source alternatives challenge the tech giants? | The Optimist Daily (www.optimistdaily.com)
from Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com to fediverse@lemmy.world on 04 Feb 19:17
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MyOpinion@lemm.ee on 04 Feb 19:27 next collapse

Yes they can. Next question.

mesamunefire@lemmy.world on 04 Feb 19:38 next collapse

heh yeah they already are!

pseudo@jlai.lu on 04 Feb 20:25 collapse

Which Linux distribution do you use?

sunzu2@thebrainbin.org on 04 Feb 20:28 next collapse

That person lemmys hard

MyOpinion@lemm.ee on 04 Feb 20:37 collapse

Not a Linux user. Just a Fedi user.

pseudo@jlai.lu on 04 Feb 20:45 next collapse

The best kind. Your kind will save us from the worst time of echo chamber.

sunzu2@thebrainbin.org on 04 Feb 21:38 collapse

quick... get the mint OS mainline... we need to save him!

nesc@lemmy.cafe on 04 Feb 19:58 next collapse

No

QuazarOmega@lemy.lol on 04 Feb 20:21 next collapse

If the optimistdaily says no Imma be real sad

SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml on 04 Feb 23:43 collapse

Just imagine what pessimist daily would have to say

lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org on 05 Feb 02:48 collapse

“No. Get more info on that for $35/mo!”

Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.de on 04 Feb 21:33 next collapse

Yes Fediverse software can challenge the tech giants,
but we can and must expect them to fight against it as soon as it gets on their radar!

They’ll likely will attempt to do so by:

  • Censorship: Keeping it out of the feeds/search results of their users.
  • Propaganda: Putting it in a bad spotlight (e.g. marking it as security risks on their own platforms).
  • Direct Attacks: E.g. DDoS attacks and/or bot user networks spreading bad content on the Fediverse platforms.

We should already try to harness ourselves against the direct attacks.
And help with spreading Fediverse software through WOM (Word-Of-Mouth) marketing,
since the tech giants certainly will not help it spread themselves.

The Fediverse is one of the few sparks of hope I have remaining lately,
let us ignite these sparks together into something bright!

Benjaben@lemmy.world on 05 Feb 00:18 collapse

These are great, but let’s also add and be vigilant in watching for Embrace, Extend, Extinguish type attacks! Let’s always advocate against integrating with any of their services / instances.

fckreddit@lemmy.ml on 05 Feb 07:54 next collapse

Sometimes, the point is not to challenge, but to provide better alternatives. At least I think so.

iopq@lemmy.world on 05 Feb 13:48 next collapse

The website gives 403 when accessed from China

ubergeek@lemmy.today on 05 Feb 14:07 collapse

Weird, I get a splash page of “This site has been blocked by the Department of Defense, in the name of national security”…

bizza@lemmy.zip on 05 Feb 14:20 collapse

I mean, they’re going to have to. There’s no other choice at this point