In a wide-ranging interview with Eugen Rochko, creator of the decentralized social network Mastodon, Rochko shared why Threads federation fell flat, why ActivityPub and ATProto will likely never merge, and what it will take to grow the fediverse.
I don’t use mastodon much, if at all, but I like the distinction he makes between ‘social media’ (something to consume, like TV or radio) and ‘social network’ (as, well, actively networking with people, not being a passive consumer). I think I’ll start using that expression too.
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ER: I think Mastodon and the fediverse are part of the old internet that was more about communicating with each other and having fun, and less about passive consumption and just essentially watching TV, which is what TikTok is, except worse.
100% this (next to TikTok, this should have mentioned a lot of YouTube too, imho). And it’s one of the reason why I quit using all social networks except the Fediverse and why I rekindled my personal blog. Blogs were and still are about having fun communicating while keeping control over our online presence and with whom we chose to interact, or not. I would love to see more people start blogging ;)
Interesting, thx!
I don’t use mastodon much, if at all, but I like the distinction he makes between ‘social media’ (something to consume, like TV or radio) and ‘social network’ (as, well, actively networking with people, not being a passive consumer). I think I’ll start using that expression too.
Also:
100% this (next to TikTok, this should have mentioned a lot of YouTube too, imho). And it’s one of the reason why I quit using all social networks except the Fediverse and why I rekindled my personal blog. Blogs were and still are about having fun communicating while keeping control over our online presence and with whom we chose to interact, or not. I would love to see more people start blogging ;)