I agree, but I also think we should remember a loss for musk is a win for society

I’m working on a lemmy app. Will be UI focused!

The TVs aren’t a bad value. Gotta get back the the jailbreaking days. If someone released a custom firmware for my Roku tv that made it dumb I would use it.

Roku was experimenting with similar stuff so I refuse to connect my Roku tv to WiFi. Will never update it

Love my 2013 Honda. Haven’t driven anything newer

Idk if I’m dumb but I’ve never figured out how PeerTube works. I try to join and I wind up on some instance that has 5 weird videos that I have no interest in. Feels very unapproachable despite me already having more exposure to the Fediverse then your average person.

Wait that’s really funny

That’s unproductive imo. Nobody ever convinced someone to change their mind by calling them a selfish idiot. Unless your goal is to not convince them.

I think that’s what I’m feeling actually. Technology stopped being fun, and although I’m too young for tech in the 90s, Fediverse and open source do make me enjoy tech again!

That’s why I said vote with your money

That’s a cool idea? How do we actually make that happen? Call up NPR?

What kinda show?

Vote with your dollar! You can also vote by donating to projects you believe in!

Why can’t I do a bit of both? Maybe start by voting with my money by supporting less unethical businesses.

I agree. I like the crowd here, but I also worry I won’t be able to argue my ideas if I never leave the echo chamber.

I agree! Another small step - though I do enjoy the like-minded crowd - would be to get some different perspectives here. Even if I don’t necessarily agree with all those ideas, I don’t think it’s healthy for my own ideas to be trapped in an echo chamber.

I get what you’re saying, but that train of thought isn’t very productive IMO. First, I agree with you on BlueSky, and I even tell that to all my friends switching to BlueSky, but I also believe it’s better than Twitter.

I think we should stop and ask ourselves why people are choosing BlueSky over Mastodon. How do we learn lessons from this switch to BlueSky and use what we learn to draw more people into the Fediverse?

I know I’m probably being idealistic, but I also think being pessimistic won’t increase our chances of winning in the end.

It could grow into something that could be used to organize locally! But for now, I think the goal should be information and comments shared on our terms, not on big social media’s terms.

And isn’t it our job to normalize Lemmy as much as Reddit has been normalized? Though I guess that depends on your goals for Lemmy. I would like to see it overtake Reddit. Whether that’s an unrealistic goal or not, I say we aim for the stars and see how far we go.

I also hope it stays not monitored, though I would happily pay $1/month to support running costs.