I hope so too, but…I wouldn’t count on it. It’s really interesting thinking about the nature of the internet/fediverse as it relates to human civilization. It’s apparent why holy texts and totalitarian monarchies were beneficial for past societies to whip people into line and make things work. The fediverse doesn’t have a central govt, it feels more libertarian right now. It’s hearding cats. I think we need a fediverse version of “the federalist papers” to define how instances should cooperate to sustain itself.
The reality is, the internet was already federated. From the birth of the WWW everyone was able to make their own website and connect to a decentralized network. And look at what happened: corporations took over, everything became centralized, and users became the products.
If we sit idly by and think the fediverse will always sustain itself, I’m convinced the day will come when it won’t.
Hopefully we’ve collectively seen EEE enough to guard against it this time
I hope so too, but…I wouldn’t count on it. It’s really interesting thinking about the nature of the internet/fediverse as it relates to human civilization. It’s apparent why holy texts and totalitarian monarchies were beneficial for past societies to whip people into line and make things work. The fediverse doesn’t have a central govt, it feels more libertarian right now. It’s hearding cats. I think we need a fediverse version of “the federalist papers” to define how instances should cooperate to sustain itself.
The reality is, the internet was already federated. From the birth of the WWW everyone was able to make their own website and connect to a decentralized network. And look at what happened: corporations took over, everything became centralized, and users became the products.
If we sit idly by and think the fediverse will always sustain itself, I’m convinced the day will come when it won’t.