Jon WorthAug 2, 2023

One of my oldest friends, and someone I trust greatly, told me straight up today I ought to be back on Twitter for my effort to get selected for the EP list for the Grüne

In terms of audience reach he is right

But in terms of ethics he is not - I want nothing to do with the Musk-run place

It is *our responsibility* to make alternatives work, and to line up our ethics with our actions. So this campaign will not be tweeted, and I will make the very best of Mastodon (and Peertube, Bluesky) I can

Show threadVolodymyrAug 14, 2023
@jon Thank you for making a good example!
I wonder, however, what you think about possible models of sustaining #mastodon , #peertube etc development? A lot is done by volunteers and this may not be scalable.
Show threadJon WorthAug 14, 2023
@volodymyr I know the problem. I don't know the answer. I think we can forget Threads/Meta doing anything useful as the answer. Mozilla making something in the fediverse perhaps? Although I suppose that the example of WordPress shows that if the community is large enough plenty of things are possible.
Show threadVolodymyrAug 14, 2023
@jon Could there be some further regulations on fair and interoperable platforms disfavoring business model used by platforms like twitter, threads, etc?
Show threadJon Worth
@volodymyr Tricky. The EU would have the power to demand that, but... knowing how EU politic works, and how strongly at least Meta and Google lobby (Twitter was never much good at it), I'd fear the EU would mess up any effort to do that!
Aug 14, 2023 at 10:00amWeb
Show threadVolodymyrAug 14, 2023

@jon I suspected so, but EU already had an effect in tech. Since social media is now so relevant in politics, politics should be serious about social media compatility with the politics of choice.

Are there political movements in the EU which take the problem seriously enough?

I work in #academia in several European projects, and recently interoperable and open (#FAIR) practices have been gaining traction, so at least there is a pool of experts who can support and develop this common good.