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Some ideals for fediverse platform design

hachyderm.io maegul (@maegul@hachyderm.io)

Just watched @bret@dynamic.land 's talk about Dynamicland (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJm44LJDU44), and couldn't help but think about applications to the #fediverse They summarise their goals at the end with these ideals: * What if computing was like electric light which is available everywh...

A little thread I wrote on masto after watching this talk by Bret Victor and reflecting on their stated ideals for how computing ought to be designed.

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  • Realistically, platforms on the fedi are much closer in design to their commercial conterparts than one would hope for if your goal was community building and situating the process of digital/online community building within the community themselves.

    It's still relatively early days yet. A lot of Fediverse services mimic commercial ones because it makes it an easier pitch to people "it's like that but open and privacy-respecting". Hopefully, as they mature they'll evolve away from this. In addition, now more people are comfortable with the Fediverse they'll start to create new and unique platforms.