RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115819402267996681

"Because, after decades of throwing myself against a locked door, the door that leads to a new, good internet, one that delivers both the technological self-determination of the old, good internet, and the ease of use of Web 2.0 that let our normie friends join the party, that door has been unlocked.

Today, it is open a crack. It's open a crack!

And here's the weirdest part: Donald Trump is the guy who's unlocked that door."

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#Enshittification #Hope #Society

PLEASE BOOST

This insightful article should be read by every regular user of any #Fediverse platform.

Via #LionelDricot, developer and #SciFi writer, @ploum

"How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the #Fediverse)"

In his blog, he shows from his own experience how #Google and #Micosoft first embraced new FOSS protocols (like #ActivityPub), then extended it, finally deserted it leaving it languishing in a niche.

Also: #META's intentions in a leaked e-mail.
https://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-networks.html

39 years ago
Double Nickels on the Dime is the third album by the American punk rock band Minutemen, which was released as a double album on July 3, 1984 and deals, among other things, with the Vietnam War and racism in America

#punkrock #minutemen #history #punkrockhistory

39 years ago
Zen Arcade is the second studio album by American punk rock band Hüsker Dü, released in July 1984 as a double album on two vinyl LPs.

#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #zenarcade #hüskerdü #history #punkrockhistory