I like that the #RedditBlackout is happening. Because it demonstrates how dependent many people have become on only this 1 website controlled by a few rich people.
I hope this is a wake-up call for people and it will lead for some communities to seek independence.
The Internet is !!!NOT!!! just 5 large websites.
I believe in a decentralized Internet; huge central websites with the goal to be a "community of everything" are missing the point of the #Internet.
@Wuzzy people are only going to tolerate their communities being ripped apart only so many times before they start to prioritize the technology (not to mention economic systems!) that are resilient to the problem of being taken over and destroyed by rich people.
Lately they have been communities ripping themselves apart with fractious ideas about which causes are vital enough to shut things down.
It's been bottom-up drama, not top down control.
But those are social problems that probably don't have technological solutions.
If your group of members prioritize things other than participating in a community, well, it's hard to force that community to continue to function no matter how good a programmer you may be.
