realcaseyrollins to Fediverse@kbin.social • 11 months agoCan ActivityPub save the internet?www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: fediverse
arrow-up1184arrow-down1external-linkCan ActivityPub save the internet?www.theverge.comrealcaseyrollins to Fediverse@kbin.social • 11 months agomessage-square88fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: fediverse
Imagine a world without platform lock-in, where no ban or billionaire could take down your social network. That’s what ActivityPub has planned.
minus-square@Steeve@lemmy.calinkfedilink4•11 months agoSave the internet from what? Being owned by large corporations? Maybe. Stopping the spread of misinformation through echo chambers and getting rid of hate speech? No, definitely not.
minus-square@Steeve@lemmy.calinkfedilink2•11 months agoFor sure, but then we’ve just built pockets of echo chambers across the internet (which it already is)
Save the internet from what? Being owned by large corporations? Maybe. Stopping the spread of misinformation through echo chambers and getting rid of hate speech? No, definitely not.
Defederate the truly hateful stuff
For sure, but then we’ve just built pockets of echo chambers across the internet (which it already is)