Gen Z are the first generation to have grown up with social media, they were the earliest adopters, and therefore the first to suffer its harms. Now they are fighting back
Big Tech social media connecting everyone in the world to the same feed was a mistake.
What we need are FOSS tools that make it trivially easy for a non-technical person to host their own social group for whatever community they are part of. The fediverse provides this functionally, and is a step in the right direction, but we need to make it as easy as just opening a phone app. There has to be less friction than signing up an Instagram account.
I’m working on a FOSS decentralised (takedown safe, actually working, like a real decentralised file system) protocol, but it’s only the base for any applications that might use it. I’d love some help to get it out but as much as people are interested and encouraging, no one seems to be willing to help out 🥲. I’m so bad at marketing too…
So what tech should we build in europe to counter all that crap?
A “google+facebook”? An AWS Amazon?
No new tech, just start to cut ties with US services.
There are alternatives to Github, for clouds and socials, eventually a Facebook-like site can be build is just some months.
It would be another problem to see an adoption if I should point out to a problem.
Last time we decided to create a cool new thing with came out with the World Wide Web after all.
So what tech should we build in europe to counter all that crap?
A “google+facebook”? An AWS Amazon?
Big Tech social media connecting everyone in the world to the same feed was a mistake.
What we need are FOSS tools that make it trivially easy for a non-technical person to host their own social group for whatever community they are part of. The fediverse provides this functionally, and is a step in the right direction, but we need to make it as easy as just opening a phone app. There has to be less friction than signing up an Instagram account.
I’m working on a FOSS decentralised (takedown safe, actually working, like a real decentralised file system) protocol, but it’s only the base for any applications that might use it. I’d love some help to get it out but as much as people are interested and encouraging, no one seems to be willing to help out 🥲. I’m so bad at marketing too…
Decentralised at the very least, and owned and regulated by a nonprofit without ties to corrupt billionnaires.
Exactly what I think. 👍🏼
When will Europe build its own Torment Nexus??!?
No new tech, just start to cut ties with US services.
There are alternatives to Github, for clouds and socials, eventually a Facebook-like site can be build is just some months.
It would be another problem to see an adoption if I should point out to a problem.
Last time we decided to create a cool new thing with came out with the World Wide Web after all.
Yeah, guess what we lack is agressive commercialisation à la capitalism “line Must go Up”…