From Splinterverse to resilient GrassrootsFedi dev community: The time is now!
From Splinterverse to resilient GrassrootsFedi dev community: The time is now!
“Any decentralized [ecosystem] requires a centralized substrate, and the more decentralized the approach is the more important it is that you can count on the underlying system.” — Byrne Hobart. The Promise and Paradox of Decentralization Fediverse has gained critical mass. The ecosystem is going...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/952618
Fediverse is going mainstream fast. And it is going to be a corporate hellhole if the grassroots initiatives that drove it to its current success are losing their grip on evolution in proper direction: Humane tech that is to the benefit of the people andd society, free culture thriving.
While corporate threads are looming, meanwhile the activated developer community is once again splintering, fragmenting initiatives appearing that dilute attention to focus on common efforts, cohesion, cross-pollination and collaboration. The "herding cats" problem of grassroots movements.
Great opportunity is now. Cohesion means that initiatives remain independent, but take care to coordinate with what is going on elsewhere.
👉 You can help! Avoid a CorporaVerse where you are exploited and milked. Bring attention to the opportunity and participate in the related initiatives to help bring them closer together. You might also boost my related toot.