@Uraael@blahaj.zone @atomicpoet there’s always a winner/dominant player. That doesn’t mean multiple things can’t coexist and even have their own robust communities, but there’s always a winner. This is especially true in open standards. Winning isn’t important to everyone and that’s good. But a whole bunch of people who are very vocal sure want Activity Pub more broadly (tho most are focused on Mastodon almost exclusively) to win.
@film_girl@mastodon.social @Uraael@blahaj.zone Well, let me tell you who I want to win: no one.
In fact, we’d be altogether better if Twitter, Meta, Microsoft, and TikTok simply believed social media wasn’t a viable business because everyone simply ran their own personal social media server on commodity hardware. Maybe even on their smartphones.
Social media will truly be revolutionary when nothing dominates and nobody wins.
@atomicpoet @Uraael@blahaj.zone I don’t disagree with that and that’s a lovely ideal. But there is always a winner and a dominant standard. I’m not saying that I like that but I’m far too much of a realist to pretend otherwise.
@film_girl@mastodon.social @Uraael@blahaj.zone I’m not an idealist. I was 15 years ago when I helped build Hootsuite.
Now I’m a pragmatist and see that the only way social media is sustainable is if it’s owned by nobody. Which is exactly what is going to happen.
Mastodon is the initial software that validates the core idea. But now the notion of a Fediverse beyond Mastodon must be pushed.
@atomicpoet @Uraael@blahaj.zone I fully agree with your last sentence, but my argument is that there will be a dominant protocol because there always is. Always. Not saying there will be an exclusive one, but a dominant one. My money today would probably be on AP, but who can say.
@film_girl@mastodon.social @Uraael@blahaj.zone A dominating open protocol is fine since no one owns it
@atomicpoet @film_girl @Uraael Yeah, we're ok with HTTP right?