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I do NOT consider the Fediverse and the myriads of implementations of it to be social media, but rather a social web. More like websites with the abilities to c
by rsolva 3mo ago
I do NOT consider the Fediverse and the myriads of implementations of it to be social media, but rather a social web. More like websites with the abilities to communicate and interact in different and interesting ways.
Social media is dead, and has been for a while. Many use it still, but it is not primarily social. The social part was mainly a ploy to get peoples attention and then badly abusing it in ever more creative and sinister ways.
- rirze 3mo agoTo me, social web == social media. I don't use Facebook but use it for auth when I have no other option. Even worse, I don't want an external service federating my identity when I can avoid it. We have all heard of people getting locked out in cases where Google decided to ban a user from their platform. I'm never trusting an external provider again.
- rsolva 3mo agoExactly! It is so empowering to host my own instance at home and own my own identity online, using GoToSocial.