The Fediverse is the biggest communications revolution in a generation.
I know, sounds like hype.
Many tech revolutions have been promised and haven't arrived.
Where's my 3D-printed house? My self-driving car? My AR glasses?
Compared to those things, the Fediverse looks less grandiose.
So am I sure about this Fediverse revolution? So far, this just looks like Twitter.
Yes, I'm sure.
The Fediverse fixes one of the Internet's biggest pain points. Let me explain. 🧵
Before I talk about the Fediverse -- and how revolutionary it is -- it's important to understand what a network effect is.
To sum up: much of technology's effectiveness is tied to the number of users that can use it.
Let's take a telephone.
If only two people in the world had a phone, it would barely be usable as technology. After all, you can only talk to two people.
But if everyone had a phone, now it's extremely effective. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect
Now why is the Internet effective? Because it's a series of protocols that increase the network effect.
The more people who use email, the more effective it is.
The more people use the web, the more effective it is.
The more people use BitTorrent, the more effective it is.
This is why when the Internet was in its infancy, it was build on open prrotocols: nobody was going to use the web if HTTP was proprietary.
@atomicpoet minor quibble, HTTP didn't exist until a decade after the internet's infancy
@atomicpoet Hmm, sounds like I misinterpreted your post.
@radehi I know this, hence why I was deliberate: the web is not a synonym for "Internet".