Why Mozilla is betting on a decentralized social networking future | TechCrunch
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Consumers are hungry for a new way of social networking, where trust and safety are paramount and power isn't centralized with a Big Tech CEO in charge...

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.

  • Uninvited Guest@lemmy.ca
    43·
    1 year ago

    I agree with your preference for forum/community style.

    But I think the purpose of microblogging is to follow a personality, rather than a topic or community. And users that share there do so to cultivate a following, which would be harder on Reddit/Lemmy (only ones that I can think of who do that successfully are onlyfans users).

    • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de
      22·
      1 year ago

      Yes, I guess so. I have no interest in becoming any kind of celebrity. That sounds stressful and can make you a target for harassment.

      I prefer it when I can post my thoughts anonymously without anyone knowing or caring who I am. If a thought is good, it doesn't matter whose thought it is.

    • FriendBesto@lemmy.ml
      1·
      1 year ago

      Agreed. Micro-blogging, is more top down info downstreaming. While the forum/community focuses on information exchange on a more even keel level.