Let's take social media away from billionaire capture.

With Zuckerberg going full Musk last week, we can no longer let billionaires control our digital public square.

I think this is a good thing. However, as John Gruber put it:

And with a team of “technical advisors and custodians” that includes both the executive director and the president of the Mozilla Foundation, I suspect this initiative might prove as successful as Firefox.

But still, I hope the recent moves by Muskrat and Fuckster push more people to open-web platforms and help the Fediverse grow. It’s time these shitbags lose some control over what people consume.

  • essteeyou@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    15 hours ago

    It used to be a convenient way to keep up with friends and share photos. It took a while to turn into a politics-filled hell-hole where making people argue in the comments got prioritized because any engagement is good engagement.

    I don’t know if there’s a way around that, but I suspect there is. I wouldn’t mind someone trying.