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do you think the fediverse could replace popular social media (lemmy.ml)
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At the moment the internet is flawed, do you think the fediverse is the solution?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

No it turns the problem from your account being owned by a company looking to turn a profit to random people on the internet. If we had a way of downloading our accounts and transferring instances then maybe.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can just host your own instance.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

the OP is about fediverse replacing mainstream social media. self hosting is not viable in this context.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

I'm not responding to OP, I'm responding to the person I responded to.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Yes but people run these instances to get users and help the community grow. A company is trying to make money from it.

It's a big difference because people hosting instances have no intention of making any money from it. It's the open source mentality of sharing because it feels good to contribute.