Chris TrottierApr 15, 2023

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!

Show threadel
@atomicpoet what's actually happening is they haven't figured out how it's going to be monetized by a controlling party yet, and cannot conceive it surviving without.
Apr 15, 2023 at 11:16pmWeb
Show threadaquinas_0Apr 16, 2023
@el @atomicpoet Every month on the dot an article announces RSS is dead, yet I still get all my news from RSS, no? :D
Show threadFeralRobotsApr 16, 2023
@parrellel @el
& I love that we can do that on Mastodon, too.
https://mastodon.social/@parrellel.rss
@atomicpoet
Show threadFeralRobotsApr 16, 2023

@el
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.

@atomicpoet