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Oh boy. The guy who founded #Fedified is speculating about a 2-tiered #Fediverse, and thinks growth will go to the version that enables "capitalist pursuits".

Is he right? Is this the Fediverse we're doomed to have?

Or can we build a better future?
@laprice @danhon I *generally* agree with this approach, but I can't emphasize this enough— it's very likely that we'll end up with a 2-tiered fediverse. The money and growth will go to the version that adopts community norms & frameworks that enable capitalist pursuits— reputation management and brand integrity are cornerstones. This will happen regardless of what you, I, or anybody else wants. It's how the world works— a painful lesson I learned while advocating for COVID safety measures.
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Chris Trottier
Chris Trottier  
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I disagree with the #Fedified founder.

And I think he's in for a rude awakening if he tries to push VC-style start-up culture on the Fediverse.

Thing is, many of us have built start-ups. We know full well what that entails. And ultimately, he has it backward:

Anything built by corporations will have short term growth but they'll hit a wall. This is because VCs are not long term thinkers.

The proof: neither Facebook nor Twitter are long for this world.
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Chris Trottier
Chris Trottier  
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I've said this previously. With the old startup model, you might be able to capture significant marketshare for 20 years. You might even be one of the most valuable companies on the planet during that time. Hence, Meta.

But if you want something people will use indefinitely, you need to build a protocol.

Guess what? Corporations don't want to build protocols. Hence, a startup-driven version of the Fediverse will probably fail.
Chris Trottier
Chris Trottier  
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Further to that. The #Fedified founder got excoriated. The backlash was huge. That "verifier" has such a bad reputation, it's essentially D.O.A.

So it's clear that there's a big will here to fight against the "capitalist" version of the Fediverse.

By no means does startup culture necessarily win out.
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Chris Trottier
Chris Trottier  
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There's already a 2-tiered version of the Fediverse, with a capitalist version running. One of them is run and funded by a famous billionaire.

Donald Trump's Truth Social is actually based on Mastodon.

Despite lots of resources, it's not winning.
Adam Dalliance
Adam Dalliance  
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yeah. The capital run tier will not federate. They can't. They want moats to lock in users and pin open their eyes while they feed adverts into your brain.

So they will fail.
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