The Fediverse will soon have power on the social web to shape its future, but only through and in the interaction with Meta. This is the reality the Fediverse has to start arranging itself with. Mo…
People aren’t adverse to monetizing aspects of the Fediverse, but what they don’t want is simply adding a Fediverse sticker to existing trains of thought and ideas and calling it done.
The confusion a lot of people have is that the Fediverse is a phoenix that grew from the ashes of Twitter and the reality is that it existed long before.
People are suggesting that the people that built the communities they’ve joined should compromise because new blood is here and the Fediverse has said, sure, let’s see your ideas and we can discuss it and people are like, well we want the old stuff with a Fediverse sticker, compromise!
The Fediverse wouldn’t be as big without any of the newer people and I include myself in that, even though my original Mastodon predates Elon even flirting with Twitter, but it was fine. It was fun. It had a good community and that’s why it was a viable option. The Fediverse doesn’t need us. If we have discussions with humility, perhaps we can find solutions together.
People aren’t adverse to monetizing aspects of the Fediverse, but what they don’t want is simply adding a Fediverse sticker to existing trains of thought and ideas and calling it done.
The confusion a lot of people have is that the Fediverse is a phoenix that grew from the ashes of Twitter and the reality is that it existed long before.
People are suggesting that the people that built the communities they’ve joined should compromise because new blood is here and the Fediverse has said, sure, let’s see your ideas and we can discuss it and people are like, well we want the old stuff with a Fediverse sticker, compromise!
The Fediverse wouldn’t be as big without any of the newer people and I include myself in that, even though my original Mastodon predates Elon even flirting with Twitter, but it was fine. It was fun. It had a good community and that’s why it was a viable option. The Fediverse doesn’t need us. If we have discussions with humility, perhaps we can find solutions together.