Raphael Albert17h ago
If you're pushing for great and very necessary initiatives like the Digital Independence Days, please do not use Big Tech's stuff, such as the .day TLD (which Google operates) or YouTube (which Google owns).
We have to show that we can do perfectly well without them - trying to do so by using their tech sends, imho, the wrong signal.
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Show threadClaudius Link16h ago
@r_alb
I tend to disagree.
The people you try to reach are using the Big Tech platforms. Of your want to reach them you more or less need to use the platforms
Show threadRaphael Albert16h ago

@realn2s
I see your point, but doesn't it kind of contradict the essence of what those initiatives are trying to accomplish?

In my opinion, it sends a message like "we're trying to tell you that you don't have to rely on Big Tech, but we have to rely on Big Tech to do so."

I'd argue that reaching people without Big Tech's tools would be an important first step to lend additional credibility to any message they receive once they are reached.

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@r_alb
I don't think a purist or absolut approach is very helpful.

I can actually hinder your goals if the impression is, I have to quit all BIg Tech platform completely at once. It can cause the backslash, that if I can't completely quit I might as well stay completely on them (and don't use any alternatives)

It is already an improvement if you are less on YouTube, Facebook, or order less on Amazone

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Show threadRaphael Albert15h ago

@realn2s
I disagree on that. In my opinion, compromising on the essence of what has to be achieved just supports the opposite.
Staying on some platform just to tell the people there to leave it eventually benefits the platform and the values it stands for.

I'm perfectly ready to admit that I approach the issue from a more radical standpoint. That is why I can't subscribe to a "the ends justify the means" logic, even when it is without any doubt as nuanced as the one you are applying.