'Twitter is a mess, so former employees are creating Spill as an alternative' via TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/16/spill-twitter-alternative/
@ceoln @jaysonmassey
And if you read the landing page, there’s talk of content tipping and blockchains all being controlled by a centralized system that’s not the content creator.
I’m black but nope, I’m done putting my words in places I don’t ultimately hold the keys to. Open-source it, gimme private key access and the ability to transfer and/or nuke my account from space (along with the capability of keeping the admins out of it) and then I'll think about it.
And if you read the landing page, there’s talk of content tipping and blockchains all being controlled by a centralized system that’s not the content creator.
I’m black but nope, I’m done putting my words in places I don’t ultimately hold the keys to. Open-source it, gimme private key access and the ability to transfer and/or nuke my account from space (along with the capability of keeping the admins out of it) and then I'll think about it.
@jaysonmassey If they care anything about community, they should federate by using and improving an existing Fediverse project or supporting Activity Pub.
Fediverse.observer has 23K self-reporting instances with 8.4 million accounts and 4.5 million active users. That is not even the whole of the Fediverse. Tumblr with its 135 million accounts projects they will have Activity Pub support in a few months which means their users will be in the Fediverse. Flickr may be coming along as well.
Smart business decisions are driving adoption and the creation of new server instances across the board. VC investors are driving Post and Hive and they care nothing about anything but their own profit. If former Twitter employees have VC investors (tech bros like Elon), it will join the ranks of Post, Hive, and Twitter where corporate profits and algorithmic control feed misinformation with a "free market" entourage.
The Fediverse is owned, managed, and moderated by Fedizens with no corporate algorithm involved. Fedizens decide what they want their user experience to be with the end result being analogous to a "fair market" approach. Options are boundless.
Fediverse.observer has 23K self-reporting instances with 8.4 million accounts and 4.5 million active users. That is not even the whole of the Fediverse. Tumblr with its 135 million accounts projects they will have Activity Pub support in a few months which means their users will be in the Fediverse. Flickr may be coming along as well.
Smart business decisions are driving adoption and the creation of new server instances across the board. VC investors are driving Post and Hive and they care nothing about anything but their own profit. If former Twitter employees have VC investors (tech bros like Elon), it will join the ranks of Post, Hive, and Twitter where corporate profits and algorithmic control feed misinformation with a "free market" entourage.
The Fediverse is owned, managed, and moderated by Fedizens with no corporate algorithm involved. Fedizens decide what they want their user experience to be with the end result being analogous to a "fair market" approach. Options are boundless.
@jaysonmassey
Rather than just, like, starting a Mastodon server focused on their interests.
No thanks!