I was with Reddit for 12 years and bounced between Rif and Apollo, I am sad I am losing both

  • Lells
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    22 years ago

    Hehe, the actual “old internet” resembles the fediverse of today, it’s what we thought the internet was supposed to be back then. Once corporations found the internet, we got the bullshit we have today.

    • @[email protected]
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      12 years ago

      Too true.

      On the plus side, many spurned app-developers seem to be checking out Lemmy and kbin as well.

    • Sordid
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      12 years ago

      History repeats itself. The fediverse is going to go downhill too once it gets big enough for corporations to notice it. Enjoy it while it lasts.

      • FreeBooteR69
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        12 years ago

        Except the code is open source, no matter how many corps invade the Fediverse, there will always be an option.

    • Prezhotnuts
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      12 years ago

      I’m still a little concerned what happens once instances start getting real traffic though.

      • Thepinyaroma
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        12 years ago

        Same, but I am optimistic that decentralization will lead to better options for dealing with the problems as they happen.

        Might be unpolished, but at least it is ours.

      • FreeBooteR69
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        22 years ago

        More instances will need to spin up. People aren’t used to having choice so it’ll confuse them at first. Same thing with Linux distributions, people aren’t used to having choice so they don’t know how to go about comparing what’s on offer. They’ll accept making choices at the food market, but are too confused when it comes to OS’s and social media, lol.