Video link min 22:18 (YT) | Link Invidious
“(…) what is there on the internet that is like ye olden times where you know, you go on, you make a free account, it’s everything goes?”
“The Fediverse. I think would be the closest.”
Video link min 22:18 (YT) | Link Invidious
“(…) what is there on the internet that is like ye olden times where you know, you go on, you make a free account, it’s everything goes?”
“The Fediverse. I think would be the closest.”
🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️LEMMY MENTIONED🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
No but seriously, such an interesting episode.
On one end there’s Riley, wanting to turn back the clock to an age where there were forums and communities freely searchable on the internet, and lamenting centralization.
On the other end there’s Jakob, making a case that the clock can’t simply be rewinded back, and that the solution for a modern internet without centralization is…a modern internet without centralization.
As for Riley’s point about “If I join the fediverse, and no-one’s there, I’m cutting myself off from culture”: This is exactly why these platforms are closing themselves off. They’re seeing that even if people want something different (and Riley has expressed this desire throughout the entire podcast), the fear of not being able to keep our things can be a strong incentive to never improve one’s situation. And there’s no better proof than his own statement. It works.