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Why Mozilla is betting on a decentralized social networking future (techcrunch.com)
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The mission-driven tech company behind the Firefox browser, Pocket reader and other apps is now investing its energy into the so-called “fediverse” — a collection of decentralized social networking applications, like Mastodon, that communicate with one another over the ActivityPub protocol.

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[–] 18 points 2 years ago* (5 children)

They have to start somewhere. Mastodon is the highest profile app in the fediverse and it's best to capitalize on Twitter imploding while the dregs are hot.

Don't worry, Reddit will do something stupid to get in the headlines eventually.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I'm just hoping that Peertube is in a spot to capitalize when Youtube crashes and burns in a couple of years

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It's not. I wish it was, but it's not.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I meant more as "will be" when the time comes

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    I'm not hopeful. Video hosting is a different ball game, and free video platforms only exist due to the deep pockets and "users now, profit later" strategy of big tech.

    The only way I see it working is where creators pay for the hosting costs of their own content and monetize on their own terms.

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