VanessaNov 7, 2022
Damien Miller

The sad and not so slow destruction of Twitter has proven to me that you shouldn't trust a company to do the job of a community.

Unfortunately, it's way too easy to let companies slip into these roles - they have inherent advantages of resources and unity of purpose that allows them to make progress while a community is just getting started.

I don't know how to square this circle...

Nov 7, 2022 at 4:12amWeb
Show threadBrian SwetlandNov 7, 2022

@damienmiller I firmly believe open protocols, open data formats, and open source software are the tools for companies to provide services but give users the option to walk away (which maybe will help keep the companies honest, but at the least means less lock-in).

Single source solutions and Walled Gardens often *look* nice at a glance, but they're inherently dangerous and limiting.

Show threadBrianNov 7, 2022
@damienmiller looking at Musks financial backers in the purchase of Twitter it seems pretty clear that the aim was always to destroy it in its present form and repurpose it as a amplifier for musk et al’s right wing views. I am not sure mastodon will be twitters sucessor given many users are after an identical experience but we have to try