Larvitz  Sep 21, 2025

The old web was decentralized:

- Newsgroups
- Personal Websites
- Bulletin board
- Email as a service, not a platform
- Internet relay chat (IRC)
- Early blogs

Then corporations arrived with money and lock-in, turning the internet into centralized ad farms (Meta, X, TikTok). Users became consumers, trapped in algorithms, tracking, and enshittification. Revenue more important than people.

The Fediverse is a way back: no ads, no algorithms, no dark patterns. People first. A web worth reclaiming. And open source is the engine of this transformation.

Take back the web. Decentralize again 💪 Bring people to the Fediverse, promote open source and build federated services.

#TakeBackTheWeb #Decentralized #Fediverse #StopBigTech #OpenSource #DeGoogle #UnplugTrump

Show thread42netSep 21, 2025
@Larvitz When are we going to build the Internet 2.0?...one that is actually designed to be private and secure. The Dept. of Defense kept the good one for itself. Can we actually just keep patching this one up forever? Haven't we learned from Windows example?
Show thread[nate@social0 ~]$ Sep 21, 2025

@Nobodyknows789 @Larvitz What exactly does that look like though? Just another series of protocols that run alongside the old? or a whole new isolated infrastructure?

"The internet" isn't what's broken. As long as you keep to its true meaning, a series of interconnects spanning the globe. What's broken is what we're all doing with it. that's not necessarily a technology problem. that's a people problem.

The fix isn't a new internet. it's awareness that the big tech lock in capitalism fueled walled gardens are bad for us. But that's a huge enough mountain to climb

Show thread42netSep 21, 2025
@gangrif @Larvitz A ground up approach would be best. All new infrastructure, agreed upon protocols with the flexibility for news ones to interoperate well with existing ones. Of course this means open-source, which can't be monetized very well, so no one would ever spend the amount needed. I never said had a viable solution...I would just like it!😋 ✌️
Show thread[nate@social0 ~]$ Sep 21, 2025
@Nobodyknows789 @Larvitz I feel like it's the fediverse adoption problem at a whole new scale though. It'll never work. The protocols of the existing web are already open. and founded on open principles. i have trouble seeing why we need a whole new one.
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@gangrif @Larvitz I never said it would work!😜 Let's face it, we're just apes that often think things that aren't true. When things get this complicated, errors occur. It just sucks sometimes and wish it didn't. Have a good one✌️
Sep 21, 2025 at 1:28pmWeb
Show thread[nate@social0 ~]$ Sep 21, 2025
@Nobodyknows789 @Larvitz Ha! Never let things like reality get in the way of your dreams? ;)
Show thread42netSep 21, 2025
@gangrif @Larvitz Exactly! Wish for better and maybe it will happen. Just don't get your hopes up...that's called a delusion! 😁 Take it easy. Have a good one