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[–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Good that there are alternatives but I bet that won't last for long. More and more apps will copy this.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Or just get bought out. Discord was supposed to be the answer to Twitch getting gobbled up. Then Microsoft gobbled Discord.

    Does anyone seriously believe there's an indie third party social media site immune to a multi-million (possibly even billion) dollar buyout offer? One that won't go the way of TikTok and be legislatively forced into sale?

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    i mean… i will pay the license for it, AND i have to self host it, so they have a monetary scheme that will delay the need for enshitification. but it’s 5$ or something, and reportedly has better audio quality, faster transfer rates, and lower overhead then discord. and because i am hosting it, i will have complete control over it and its white list

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    Does anyone seriously believe there’s an indie third party social media site immune to a multi-million (possibly even billion) dollar buyout offer? One that won’t go the way of TikTok and be legislatively forced into sale?

    federated platforms

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Federation is easy. BlueSky is federated, ffs. You think Jack Dorsey would be shy about selling his Twitter knock-off a second time?

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Bluesky is poorly federated

    Lemmy is excellently federated:

    • Its users are split across many instances with no majority
    • Lemmy, PieFed, and other instance software exists, preventing anyone from seizing control of the network software
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