Can we all stop the in-fighting for a minute and realise how awesome the platform we are on is?

We are forming communities on the realized image of the internet that we were told we would have back in the 80s and 90s.

You can make your own home on the web and have your own niche community, not owned by any corporation, while still being connected to the wider internet.

This feels like something out of a sci-fi movie.

  • Xer0@lemmy.ml
    47·
    2 years ago

    That’s why I like this place. Feels very old school somehow. And it’s an actual protocol, like back before everything was the same handful of companies running everything with their own BS software.

    • Rob Bos@lemmy.ca
      12·
      2 years ago

      It really does feel a lot like the old forums are back, but now they can talk to each other. This should have happened a decade ago!

    • Klear@lemmy.world
      9·
      2 years ago

      To me it feels pretty much like reddit so far. Maybe I’ve just gotten very good at ignoring reddit’s corporate bullshit though.

      • moosh@lemmy.world
        9·
        2 years ago

        At least every third post isn’t a flagrant ad poorly hidden as “this cool thing I discovered, you might find it cool too!”

    • flameguy21@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      kinda reminds me of the old internet when no one knew wtf was going on and everyone was just doing weird shit for fun

      • guy@lemmy.world
        5·
        2 years ago

        I’ve been wondering this. If a comment contains illegal content, which is possible in some cases, and blame can be extended beyond the commenter to the content provider, which is also possible, then is every instance the comment federates across culpable?

        • rmspc@lemmy.ml
          2·
          2 years ago

          Best to look at federated instances as more official, set-in-stone subreddits. They all (usually) have rules and most of the time the instance is not responsible for a single person doing actions like that. If a kick or ban is also swiftly given, that usually also voids the instance owners of any illegal content.

        • Fizz@lemmy.nz
          2·
          2 years ago

          Companies aren’t responsible for it so I doubt instances will get in trouble.

    • sauna7843@lemmy.ml
      2·
      2 years ago

      The freedom of expression is relieving and oddly something I forgot existed. There has been so much censorship and polticial correctness that it has ruined what made the old internet fun.

      I would love to see Youtube be next in federation migration!