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Mastodon’s founder cedes control, refuses to become next Musk or Zuckerberg (arstechnica.com)
submitted 4 months ago by some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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His grand vision remains to leave Mastodon users in control of the social network, making their own decisions about what content is allowed or what appears in their timelines.

I don't use Mastadon cause I don't care for micro-blogging, but nevertheless, I like this.

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[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 28 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (8 children)

You still have to go through the central hub. You can't spin up your own, wholly independent Bluesky. You can only make your own node.

[–] Vincente@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 children)

Yes, it’s not a full web3 app, but I like that these apps are heading in the right direction.

However it's better than Twitter/Instagram. I can control my feed!

[–] takeda@lemm.ee 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Twitter also looked great until it didn't, it even comes from the same guy.

While at this moment BlueSky looks good, we will end up the same way sooner or later. Muskov et. al. figured out how to monetize social media. Now Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and others are tools to manufacture opinion. And certain opinions are worth a lot to certain people.

[–] dirkgentle@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

Reddit was open source at some point too.

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