• @umbrella@lemmy.ml
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      nah, its a big step ahead of letting unelected billionaires control discourse, instead of an elected governing body.

      • Matt
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        But it’s still better than Reddit, e.g.

        • @umbrella@lemmy.ml
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          no one corporation can censor it or turn it into an altright cesspool.

          every individual or company can have a federated instance if they please. lemmy is more akin to the old forums, which are a massive step forward.

          not perfect; much better.

          although i think my op was responding to another comment and i did a wrong.

          • Instances are worthless, what has value are the /c/ and absolutely nothing in the Lemmy model protects communities from the admin of the instance where it was created to go full Elon. I bet that at some point it will happen.

            Most of the time you don’t even know who is running the instance. Suffice that one of them that’s running a large enough communities needs a bit of cash and decide to sell it. Or they could be in bed/owned by any intelligence agency/corporation/political party. Who knows.

            I’ve spend a year in my lost time musing on the design of a truly decentralised model where identity, community, curation (moderation) and distribution are entirely decorrelated to address those specific issue among all the othes, including the one you mentioned. It’s complex, it’s a big task, but I don’t think it’s impossible. I’m too lazy to code it though :D

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              absolutely nothing in the Lemmy model protects communities from the admin of the instance where it was created to go full Elon

              I’d say the low cost of migration does, especially if user awareness remains high (and since most users are here over complaints of the APIs being restricted, I’d say there’s an above-average awareness). It’s pretty easy to clone a community onto another instance, and it would be trivial for users to migrate too.

              • @interurbain1er@sh.itjust.works
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                As you discovered when you tried to get your friends to use Signal instead of whatsapp it’s actually very hard to move people.

                Everyone was “yeah let’s leave Reddit the owner are evil and taking away our mobile apps”. Barely anyone did. It is not trivial to convince a group of people to move.

  • ComradeSharkfucker
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    Imagine having a government that demands things of its corporations instead of the other way around

  • Avid Amoeba
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    System providers should avoid recommendation algorithms that create “echo chambers” and induce addiction, allow manipulation of trending items, or exploit gig workers’ rights, the notice said.

    They should also crack down on unfair pricing and discounts targeting different demographics, ensure “healthy content” for elderly and children, and impose a robust “algorithm review mechanism and data security management system”.

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