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@tommi @bob @lmemsm And there's the rub. Why do we want people who don't care about ethics around here? If we are the Free Software movement, then we ought to be aiming for better - not just to copy the pathologies of the BigTech systems.
The fediverse might become bigger over the next few years. Or not. Much depends upon what happens with Facebook and Twitter. In a \"business as usual\" scenario there will continue to be waves of exodus out of those sites as people either voluntarily leave or the increasing pressure forces them out. But network effect will retain the vast majority.
In the past there have been no statistically large exoduses from BigTech but instead there were particular scandals or Jack would just arbitrarily decide that he didn't approve of a certain demographic and delete their accounts. Some exoduses were a net positive for the fediverse and others were not.
If there were to be a big campaign and 5% of users left Facebook, would the fediverse be able to cope with that? It's not clear to me. There would be chaos for a while, but potentially it might be feasible.
@tommi @bob @lmemsm And there's the rub. Why do we want people who don't care about ethics around here? If we are the Free Software movement, then we ought to be aiming for better - not just to copy the pathologies of the BigTech systems.
The fediverse might become bigger over the next few years. Or not. Much depends upon what happens with Facebook and Twitter. In a \"business as usual\" scenario there will continue to be waves of exodus out of those sites as people either voluntarily leave or the increasing pressure forces them out. But network effect will retain the vast majority.
In the past there have been no statistically large exoduses from BigTech but instead there were particular scandals or Jack would just arbitrarily decide that he didn't approve of a certain demographic and delete their accounts. Some exoduses were a net positive for the fediverse and others were not.
If there were to be a big campaign and 5% of users left Facebook, would the fediverse be able to cope with that? It's not clear to me. There would be chaos for a while, but potentially it might be feasible.