chronicc9h ago

I just love how Europe currently sees a massive shift towards decentralization and US-independent software. It inspires me to want to help and feeds my hopes that the internet will again become a place which fosters collaboration and information sharing.

We don't need antisocial media applications that reward fear mongering and rage bait. We don't need central structures that influence the course of information to their own greedy benefits masked as protection.

We need the freedom to choose what we want to take part in, the knowledge to make educated guesses about what is good for us and the empathy to want to give back to the community.

Consumerism fosters loneliness. Creativism fosters connection.

#foss #freedom #decentralization #linux #philosophy #society #europe

Show threadananas
@chronicc I agree with (nearly) everything you said. But I wish it was really decentralisation, and not just moving the central parts around to a different centralised entity.
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Show threadchronicc8h ago

@ananas I believe it helps focusing on the things we can change right now.

Abandoning X by using Mastodon and adding content that pulls non-techs and businesses.

Abandoning Github and growing codeberg.org by adding content and supporting the association.

Abandoning Windows and providing a pleasant desktop experience on Linux.

Abandoning the DNS server of big ISPs and using Quad9.

Step by step. Service after service.

Show threadananas6h ago

@chronicc

"believe it helps focusing on the things we can change right now."
(I don't know how to quote post, sorry)

Sure, I agree again with everything, but what is tha part you think we *cannot* change?

I have been in the "tech industry" all my life, and I don't think any of the technology that is barely 20 years old is nearly as deeply engrained to everything as people seem to think it is.

Show threadchronicc6h ago

@ananas I don't think about what I cannot change. I identify what I can change and then do it. The next step will reveal itself in the process.

You mentioned you don't see structures becoming more decentralized but replaced by other centralized ones. Can you elaborate on that?

I would like to understand your point of view.