I remember watching the Arab Spring unfold. Twitter being a guiding light through the darkness for so many people whos government tried to control available communication.
All that has happened with the consolidation of social media into a propaganda arm for governments and corporations makes the fediverse decentralized network an important step forward in the right direction.
If there were another “??? Spring”, could the fediverse be a tool for communication central to a movement still remains a question.
I remember watching the Arab Spring unfold. Twitter being a guiding light through the darkness for so many people whos government tried to control available communication.
Such high hopes for people back then.
Occupy Wall Street and Me Too, also. I thought we were headed in the right direction. Fast forward… We got this.
All that has happened with the consolidation of social media into a propaganda arm for governments and corporations makes the fediverse decentralized network an important step forward in the right direction.
If there were another “??? Spring”, could the fediverse be a tool for communication central to a movement still remains a question.
The fediverse is empty and scattered as hell