It was inevitable that big players with big pockets come to play with decentralized social media. It’s very similar to how they embraced email and the web. It’s just good technology that has many use cases.
The most important thing is that independents, individuals, and small players don’t get squeezed out.
For the social web and fediverse to grow (I consider those to be two different things, by the way), I think that we would need the following:
- Passionate individuals who are trailblazers.
- Multiple organizations the represent different interests, including grassroots, independents, and small players.
- A willingness to collaborate to create the best outcome possible, and preserve individual choice and agency.
- Tools that facilitate collaboration.
Money and attention flooding into the social web isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Money is just a tool that can be used for good or bad. And attention will help the social web and fediverse become large enough for the network effect to activate (i.e. the network is so large that people want and need to be on that network).
The pitfall we have to avoid is:
- Allowing any one organization or individual to control the social web.
So an organization that represents the commons would be ideal. What would be better is multiple organizations working together so there is no concentration of power & influence.
Also posted here:
https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/socialhub-made-by-you/4580/10
