Cory Doctorow Explains Why Big Tech Is Making the Internet Terrible https://jacobin.com/2023/05/cory-doctorow-big-tech-internet-monopoly-capitalism-artificial-intelligence-crypto/
@pluralistic thoughtful words about #mastodon and #activitypub ✨
> The second part of your question, “Is there something better coming?” I think it’s Mastodon; and I think it’s Mastodon for a bunch of reasons. One is that the Mastodon standard was developed when the tech platforms were totally disinterested and didn’t have their fingers on the scale. ActivityPub, which is the standard that governs Mastodon, happened in this moment of reduced scrutiny and interference.
The concern I have is that the reduced scrutiny meant less people involved to give input and point out weaknesses in the design of the system.
ActivityPub has some serious deficiencies, for example when it comes to privacy, decentralization, and resource usage.
Had there been more scrutiny and eyes on the development, maybe we wouldn't now be saddled with those issues.
