ActivityPub is a protocol that already surpasses most social media in terms of capabilities and openness. Why do tech millionaires feel the need to push another one?
#socialmedia #opensource
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/free_our_feeds_decentralized_social_media/
@sun I would say that most people like their little echo chambers. Otherwise, Truth Social would have never been a billion-dollar company.
It might be more along the lines of how the decentralized nature of the Fediverse makes it harder to find one's echo chamber.
@kdkorte Question in the second sentence is answered by the first sentence
@fwc That would be true if they could control their decentralized Bluesky clone.
Otherwise, the size difference between them and Bluesky will mean they are always the second player.