Eleanor1d ago
Aral Balkan

Beware of billionaires peddling “decentralisation”.

Anyone seeking a decentralised world would never allow themselves to do the things it takes to become (or remain) a billionaire. Billionaires and trillion-dollar corporations are the epitome of centralisation.

Decentralisation begins at decentring yourself.

#JackDorsey #BlueSky #billionaires #capitalism #twitter #fediverse #centralisation #decentralisation #corporateCapture #embraceExtendExtinguish #warning

Dec 18, 2022 at 1:33pmWeb
Show threaddaniel s.Dec 18, 2022
@aral wrote an article last year on precisely this https://sieradski.medium.com/twitter-reaches-for-the-sky-from-shaky-ground-ed9fe12688aa
Twitter reaches for the sky from shaky ground - Daniel Sieradski - Medium

About eight years ago, I visited South Africa and toured Robben Island, where the apartheid regime had imprisoned the great human rights activist and statesman Nelson Mandela. In the defunct yet…

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Show threadFeral 3DDec 18, 2022
@aral this is vague. Can to be more specific? What billionaires are peddling decentralization?
Show threadAral BalkanDec 18, 2022
@Feral3D See first two hashtags :)
Show thread☄️~Stardust Diving~🌌Dec 18, 2022
@aral remember when someone working for reddit was all "we're decentralizing social media" and his recommendations for doing that on reddit was turning the karma system into tokens, and nothing else
Show threadKarin SorenbyDec 18, 2022
@aral The billionaires we have seen so far likes the control. They want the profits… all in their own pockets😡
Show threadvolkrisDec 18, 2022

@aral

Beware anyone peddling anything.

Beyond that, try not to judge books by covers, messages by the messengers.

I’m afraid we pass up actually good opportunities because people have personal problems with individuals involved.

Sort of a cut off the nose to spite the face situation, to throw in one more idiom.

Let’s see what Jack comes up with. And judge it on its own terms to see what it offers us.

There are SERIOUS problems with fediverse, and maybe BlueSky will offer something better, especially more decentralized.

Show threadDudley of Yesterzine Dec 18, 2022
@aral @mfitzp aka “pulling up the ladder after themselves”
Show threadYpe Kingma1d ago

@aral

Als de vos de passie preekt, boer pas op je ganzen.

Show threadYpe Kingma1d ago

@aral

This is a Dutch saying that applies tot situation. In case there is a better translation, let me know:

When the fox preaches the (easter story), farmer watch your geese.