Someone doesn't know about the Fediverse
I think someone didn’t do the research neded.
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I don’t hate the idea but I’m sure it will be enshittified nearly immediately .
Picture this. Instagram but better. MONEY PLEASE
My guess is they’re trying to take it one step further than the fediverse, still be centralized, still monetize content which they then get a slice of.
Sounds like a step backwards then.
The fediverse is nice people and great tech, with a marketing problem.
And an onboarding problem.
Doesn’t look like we’ll ever see the source code of this thing either
We’re different! Trust us!
$126k and you know he will only fork some fediverse code.
TBH I have no issue with that. If it federates and they can make some money off building a positive community for people who are scared off by today’s fediverse, why not? There’s definitely still room for user friendly alternatives to the reigning algorithms. Hopefully they don’t go about it evil.
The problem is the network effect. Those 1500 backers will be walled off into his fork instead of joining and growing the existing alternatives.
I do have to disagree with this post, I think it's you who need more research if you really think that kickstarter suggests they haven't heard of the fediverse.
The fediverse does NOT prevent big tech and ai from stealing your stuff. it actually makes it easier. They just need a covert shell instance to subscribe to stuff and the fediverse hands everything to them for free, including your votes.
I'm all for the fediverse myself, but that's because I don't personally care about this that much. If I did, I wouldn't want to be here where we're the most vulnerable out of anywhere.