Inception bitch!

  • @[email protected]
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    48 days ago

    Isn’t that the exact same argument for Twitter? If Twitter gets shitty, people will just leave? Because I feel like we’re not really seeing that.

    • Communist
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      88 days ago

      No, not at all, twitter is not decentralized, with a lemmy instance, if you leave, you lose nothing at all. With twitter, you can’t take the content or your account

      • @[email protected]
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        38 days ago

        Not quite accurate. If you leave an instance, you do lose any posts or comments you had. Not a big loss, but there is that sense of investment in an account and reputation.

        • Communist
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          18 days ago

          Not really though, you can still see them from the other account, so meh

        • James R Kirk
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          28 days ago

          It’s entirely possible in the future, since ActivityPub accounts can be “forwarded”. It’s a little clunky but look at Mastodon.

    • @[email protected]
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      17 days ago

      No because Twitter is a walled ecosystem, you can’t move to Bluesky and interact with people on twitter for example.

      With federated stuff you can move and still interact with people on other instances.

            • @[email protected]
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              16 days ago

              That works as a specific action type thing, but I’d have to remember to go check every person I follow. Also without an account twitter doesn’t really let you do much, and sometimes completely blocks me from seeing a post.

    • James R Kirk
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      There is only one Twitter whereas anyone can start “a Lemmy” (instance). I am using a different instance than you, for example. So if mine enshittifies I can go somewhere else and still have access to the broader network.