From the first moment I first went online in 1996, forums were the main place to hang out. In fact the very first thing I did was join an online forum run by the Greek magazine "PC Master" so I could directly to my favourite game reviewers (for me it was Tsourinakis, for those old [...]
  • CyclohexaneEnglish
    38•3 months ago

    People prefer centralization, and it makes sense. The Fediverse resolves most of the issues with decentralization, but so does centralization, which came way sooner, and arguably did it better.

    Also, people seem to forget that Facebook was pretty cool back then. It had superior features, and was not the buggy mess it is today.

    • @[email protected]English
      10•3 months ago

      Mostly FB wasn’t a trove of far right shit and it was before a lot of the scandals pointing out to what extent our data is sold.

      • @LennnyEnglish
        3•3 months ago

        Sure, when only the educated could join it.

      • CyclohexaneEnglish
        1•3 months ago

        Maybe because I’m not from an English speaking culture that I don’t see the far right stuff

    • JaggedRobotPubesEnglish
      8•3 months ago

      Anything big enough becomes a public restroom. Cooperation and syncronization between groups small enough not to devolve in that way seems to be an especially promising path forward.

    • @bamficEnglish
      2•3 months ago

      Power law