That was in fact exactly how communites changed platforms in the past, and it always seemed to go well enough. So I don't know why it would be a problem now.

"Starting by [date], we'll be making official announcements primarily from [Masto acct], and much less over time on [corporate accts]. Join here."

@vladcampos so is making them specifically "European", whatever that means in a world were software development is more often than not, developed using off-shored and out-sourced teams from all over the globe, using development tools and software libraries, and online services that are even more developed by a global coalition of contributors. Attributing nationality hides this people work, to serve silly and missguided goals.

@hpod16 @w3c

Friendica, would be the fediverse alternative to Facebook, giving the possibility to have private groups.

Here an article from (of course) @_elena

blog.elenarossini.com/the-futu…

There are not that many #friendica instances, unfortunately

@zompetto
Yeah, I mean the answer is phrased pretty broadly on purpose. Mastodon isn't the solution for all this, but I like to promote the EU mastodon account whenever I can.

(I'm trying to get it into the top 10 most followed (active) accounts on fedi, grinding away over here...)

@zompetto
What I'd love would be a "facebook for local bussineses" that you don't need an account to view (a bulleting board, if you please); far too many companies still don't have only FB page for opening hours, menus and other information, so as a result it's easier to plan ahead if you're going to big chains.

I'd love Friendica to be that, but it's actually more strict about browsing without an account.

@Kyyrypyy That already exists, and has for many years. It's called the Web, and anyone can use or view it.

I CANNOT understand why small businesses don't just set up websites. They're cheap and easy to set up, and anyone with Internet access can view them.

@wesdym
Pecause they also need to worry about SEO, and actually registering a website, and actually making that website, and that would mean hiring someone, or some firm, to do it.

I'd PREFER if all bussinesses had their own websites, but they just want to make food and sell crafts, not worry about all that stuff. And FB has made it easy to just make a site, and bebhappy with it. It's simple, it's fast, and it "has reach".

@smallcircles

Aaaaand did you see this sentence in the EU open source strategy published yesterday?
Link: digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/…

@Graeme 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 People over 40 still use Facebook thanks to two specific features: events and groups. Local groups, in particular, are an important way to find news about their town and to identify local buying and selling deals.
Some still use Messenger, but it's not a determining factor. The messaging system, however, is crucial for those who use Instagram, which now relies solely on passively viewing reels and actively writing messages to their contacts.

@Hannah Grace

This Facebook ‘alternative’ helped build the Fediverse and has been part of it from the very beginning. It’s called Friendica.
It’s just that the Mastodon fanboys don’t want to promote it, just like they don’t promote the many other services such as Loops, Pixelfed, Vernisage, etc.
After all, it’s competition for Mastodon, which operates as a company within the Fediverse and does corporate things.

@hpod16@eupolicy.social

@SomeVeganCheeseIsOk There's still a bit of that sometimes but mostly it's just become echo chambers where opposing but not really bad ideas are still downvoted to oblivion.

Idk if Lemmy is a good alt to reddit. I haven't been there in a while, but I usually only lurk on some subreddits through my redlib instance nowadays but yeah there's no place for good discussions there anymore.

Also I forgor to add, there's "AI" presence there... I'm finding a hard time finding them within replies

@SomeVeganCheeseIsOk Oh... that's really fucking bad.

Last time I was there the people were pretty mad and outraged about what Trump was doing and they were some mocking him. That was a year ago and I was on lemmy.world instance

Well, to be honest I don't even feel like I belong there so I stopped going.

@SomeVeganCheeseIsOk Yeah Redlib's a private front-end for Reddit. Think of it like it's invidious or nitter but for reddit. You can self-host it or use somebody's public instance.

I browse around subreddits without js that way cos the regular reddit website wont load without it.

Yeah there are bots around reddit now. Pretty expected cos I think google bought them a year or two ago and y'know, google's onto "AI" a whole lot.

github.com/redlib-org/redlib

@reallylazybear Reddit's fundamental promlem is the same as FB's: They MUST make money for their corporate owners. Both run on ad revenue, which relies on engagement. So pretty much all their effort is on the latter. That's why reddit used the nuclear option against locked subs, and put a hard cap on how many people you can block. And that's also why both suck to spend a lot of time on.

Removing the profit motive obviates those motives.

@wesdym Yeah. They'll try their damndest to keep people on their platform no matter what. Every popular for-profit platform does it.

I think that's why most places on the web reeks of negativity. It's what keeps people hooked. People can't stand seeing something wrong so they try ways to correct it, some other people keep making wrong stuff, the cycle goes on.

There's a word for it. I forgot but it's a vicious cycle. That's why I'm overall just tired of being on the "social area" of the web

@wesdym It's really exploitative of the human mind and it's just sad a ton of people like to "knock down" other people's opinions in quest of having the only right and superior opinion.

And the worst part is that it just works and I think the algorithm on those places favors this, which is just sick and I don't doubt people sort get a high being the right one, idk...

@wesdym Yeah. I wish more people realized this but I guess being right over that opinion that struck a nerve matters more.

Or maybe they did realize but they don't care.