• Ensign Rick@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    Is the pluriverse term a jab at the fediverse? That term seems too coincidental to not be. Equivalating the fediverse to a flavor of the week social media the writer was experiencing?

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      1 year ago

      If the fediverse doesn’t do something about all the authoritarian propaganda it will just be a flavor of the week.

      I was thrilled by the concept and excited to join. Now that I’ve experienced it, I’d be embarrassed to say I use it, and I’m considering leaving.

      • explodicle@local106.com
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        1 year ago

        Why don’t you just join communities you like and block the ones you really dislike? Reddit was crawling with propaganda you couldn’t escape.

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          1 year ago

          I can handle the blocking, that’s something I can control. what I can’t control is the same link being posted on multiple instances that just gets annoying to scroll through.

          Recently Google announced Android 14, now all the technology, android, google related communities start posting the same link to the announcement along with the commentary by tech blogs and it repeats 10s of times in the feed.

          I follow multiple tech subs across multiple instances for broader coverage but if the news is popular, it’s on every one of them.

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          1 year ago

          Because I want the fediverse to succeed, not become another failed platform drowning in extremism like Voat.

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            1 year ago

            The fediverse will succeed or fail because of one’s ability to choose with whom they associate. Voat was just as centralized as Reddit, except its whole point was to invite the alt-right with a freeze peach dog whistle.

            We can label the devs authoritarian if we want, but what they’ve built is inherently liberating.