I spent the last year working on the Fediverse. Here's what I've learned.
The Fediverse, you might have heard of it. From Mastodon to Peertube and more—it’s is a collection of different services that are all working together to form an interconnected universe of applications. It sounds unbelievable, but it’s here today. You can follow me over here on Mastodon.
It wrests control of the web out of the hands of corporate oligarchs and digital tycoons and returns that power to where it belongs: us.
I’ve spent the entirety of 2024 working on the Fediverse and I’ve learned a lot. See, I started mirroring these videos over on my Peertube instance: subscribeto.me/ and it’s sucked me. I’ve gone down this rabbit hole of discovery. I’ve passed through the looking glass. I’ve seen the promised land. And now, I want to share this with you.
So in this video, I want to take a moment to explore 5 of the most important lessons I’ve learned and why I’m now betting the future of my company on this amazing technology that we call “The Fediverse.”
00:00 What if we lived in a cooperative online world?
01:33 What is an "instance?"
02:11 #5 - Netiquette was not a fluke
04:49 #4 - Kindness is King
06:44 #3 - It's not a Social Network
08:06 #2 - The Fediverse is boring (complement)
11:04 #1 - Viral Memes as Bioweapons
12:59 Social Media is the enemy of humanity
13:36 What the Fediverse truly is
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Eugen Rochko
in reply to Gardiner Bryant • • •Coreyartus Imagery
in reply to Gardiner Bryant • • •I strongly disagree with your assessment of Likes. It may not have an impact on the spread/reach of one's post, but as you've kept explaining yourself in this very video, that's not what the Fediverse is about.
I can tell you believe very strongly in the Fediverse, but the Like tool is literally the heart of the capacity to detox the paradigms that make Social Media the cesspool it is. The capacity to dismantle the "reach = relevance" syndrome that promulgates so much shlock, umbrage, and disparagement that rots Big Social is the only way we'll create a true home that's genuine. I think the capacity to Like without indulging in that syndrome is vital.
R. L. Dane
in reply to Gardiner Bryant • • •Dang, that got dark quick, Gardiner! 😂
So true, though!
evilworld
in reply to Gardiner Bryant • • •Valente E
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