Chris Remington ( remington@beehaw.org ) MA to

Technology · 2 years ago

The fediverse promises social media without Big Tech – if it can avoid familiar pitfalls

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The fediverse promises social media without Big Tech – if it can avoid familiar pitfalls

theconversation.com

Chris Remington ( remington@beehaw.org ) MA to

Technology · 2 years ago

cross-posted to:
fediverse@lemmy.zip

The fediverse promises an egalitarian, noncommercial alternative to Big Tech for social media, but there’s a lot of work needed to make it work.

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The last sentence of the article clears this up.

That will mean users putting in the work to make sure they remain safe, accessible, noncommercial and well respected.

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