Media are calling the Fediverse a failure because they want it to fail—and they believe if they repeat the same narrative, it will some day come true.
But they were wrong about the Internet in 1995 when they called it a novelty.
They were wrong about social media in 2008 when they called it a fad.
They are wrong about the Fediverse today.
11 million people are here now.
12 million people will likely be here next month.
Most startups wish they could “fail” like we do!
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I'm old & cynical enough to believe that will actually happen, regardless of what architectures we create to circumvent or inhibit it.
That said, I'm also absolutely certain that trying to circumvent/inhibit is very important & not wasted. We'll probably never defeat the monster, but we might keep it from being able to eat us.
To paraphrase Pirates of the Caribbean
'You are without doubt, the worse social media I have ever heard of'
'Ah, but you have heard of us'
If the media are willing to praise or damm us, it's because we are newsworthy.
They are on an endless treadmill of having to invent something new to say everyday. So sometimes it will be good, sometimes bad,
but which one is relatively random.
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