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this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2023
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So you want the users, but not them to enshittify it, but you also want them magically to come without federating because you think you have a superior sense of social media. Which reality are you in, and how do you intend for the fedi to magically become mainstream with this zero compromise dream scenario you're coming up with? I don't even agree with gatekeeping people you think are shitty, because there's already a terrible fedi population out there like creepy anime instances, truth social, and kiwifarms, etc. Those are all much worse then what you'll find on Facebook and are already on fedi. Has it ruined the network?
This is just completely idealistic hoping that wants a situation that will never happen, has already failed to happen, and is ignoring the reality of the situation. For the fedi to grow, it means also shitty people coming. That's where the proper moderation tools become important.
What I meant by “enshittification” is this:
I am very much not talking about “oh no the normies are coming, polluting our beautiful pure place with memes and innocent questions about how things work that we superior people already understand.” I am not talking about people I think are shitty, you handle that by defederating horrible instances and blocking. I really shouldn’t have said
because what I actually meant here was gatekeeping it from corporations who will try to enshittify it. I misspoke and I apologize for that.