O'Reilly Radar gave the Fediverse a shout-out!
They note that the Fediverse is on pace to match Twitter's scale.
But they also question whether the industry pundits will ever take the Fediverse seriously since it lacks billionaire or VC funding.
Fine by me.
Let the pundits write their long thinkpieces on NFTs and AI and all the other bullshit that powers tech hype cycles.
As for me, I'm here for actual and tangible technological change.
@atomicpoet I haven't paid attention to pundits in years. No reason to
@MarcinW @atomicpoet @fediversenews Do those things really appear because of pundits, or do they appear because it becomes undeniable that there’s value in being where people are?
I think it’s rather the latter than the former. But I could of course be mistaken.
@simonbp @philip @atomicpoet @fediversenews It's really not.
I'm not talking about the the VC scene, but rather the pundits themselves.
There are barely any official accounts on Mastodon (with European Union being a huge pioneer here, joining before any of the Twitter waves came in), despite of Mastodon having over 10mln users and continually growing.
So it's clearly not the lack of reach potential that is an issue here.
I don't think I will ever get over many people's misguided worldview that supposes money or profitability as an indicator of intelligence or viability. There are people who literally cannot fathom why anyone would do something if they can't monetize it, and also cannot understand that there are widely varied, disparate, yet still completely valid metrics of success.
I'd say 10 million users (and counting) is a pretty good indicator of successful scaling and utility without having to be "blessed" by vulture capitalists to give it legitimacy.
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Eventually that kind of scaling curve will force VCs to pay attention...and try to crush it.
@FeralRobots @atomicpoet @fediversenews Hmm... If the philistines succeed in removing sect. 230, would that ripple through the rest of the world? If not, would the largest social-media market (USA) be willing to pay for accounts run from some "infrastructure safe haven" ? Would those that are going after 230 then train their lobbying efforts on stopping that?
The point (for me) is, US (and Chinese) market trends drive world trends, so choking the Fediverse in the US, affects the world.
@atomicpoet @fediversenews The Fediverse will be added to the list that includes Linux that industry pundits will never take seriously because billionaires or VC funding aren’t behind it.
Hard to believe some people think they are “the smartest folks in the room”
In the 1990s, open source software faced the same sort of skepticism. Projects were staffed by volunteers, and there was little direct commercial funding (Red Hat's early revenue came from selling CDs and t-shirts). Industry analysts ignored OSS. Big companies actively tried to undermine it (VMware and Microsoft, for example).
Eventually, open source transformed how code gets developed and services get built across the entire industry.
O'Reilly saw that early, too.
The answer appears to be yes.
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