So i’ve been trying to talk to a friend about the #Fediverse lately and they seem to think that the US Government will crack down on it because Billionaires might get annoyed if users move away from normal Social Media to move across to the #Fediverse. What do you think about this?
I honestly don’t think that it will ever get big enough for billionaires to even take notice. Even if we get 10% of the total social media traffic, which is a massive number in and of itself, the sharks are going to be fighting over much larger stakes.
If the fediverse does somehow manage to get large enough to attract the attention of the pigs that run the farm, I suspect they’ll just clone the (open-source) code, make their own instance running on another protocol, and throw their weight around to get everyone moved over there.
Relying on the judiciary or the legislature is a bad gamble.
@Gutotito I’m pretty sure this part is already happening, META built Threads and Tumblr has already displayed interest in connecting with the Fediverse, it seems like big tech is interested in it. TBH that’s why the confo came up with my friend in the first place.
This. Embrace, extend, extinguish.
I guess nobody remembers the Halloween Memo, because that’s the gold standard strategy for gathering up and locking in users.
@drwho TBH I don’t even know about the Halloween Memo myself, I just know that you can’t be nieve about big tech being interested in smaller things, Look at WhatsApp, Snapchat, or even YouTube; originally they weren’t big tech and now they are known as some of the top things being purchased by bigger bader companies in the process.
It’s a bit of history well worth studying: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_documents
@drwho Thank you, It’s always good to look at new things.