Mike Masnick ✅Dec 21, 2022
I wrote about how I cannot understand why anyone is interested in joining a new centralized social media platform when we now have a great opportunity to move to protocols instead of platforms. https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/21/why-would-anyone-use-another-centralized-social-media-service-after-this/
Why Would Anyone Use Another Centralized Social Media Service After This?

So, it’s been quite a year for legacy, centralized social media — and all without any really big change to the laws that govern it (yet — the EU’s are coming into force shortly, but pos…

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Show threadJack Yan (甄爵恩)Dec 21, 2022
@mmasnick Iʼd love to have our own instance since we pay for a server, but computers have become much harder to use in the last 15 years (at least to me as a layman). I used to know how to install stuff on a server but now itʼs more command-line where it looks like you need a degree in computer science! Not sure if Iʼm typical, but this may be why some of us went to a big Mastodon instance.
Show threadAnathema DeviceDec 21, 2022
@jackyan @mmasnick I suspect that ways to install Mastodon on a self-hosted instance will become easier, same as Wordpress made it easier to set up your own blog. The need is there, someone will fill it.
Show threadJack Yan (甄爵恩)
@anathema_device @mmasnick That would be so wonderful and something to look forward to.
Dec 21, 2022 at 10:25pmWeb