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It's brief, around 25:15

https://youtube.com/watch?v=nf7XHR3EVHo


If you've been sitting on making a post about your favorite instance, this could be a good opportunity to do so.

Going by our registration applications, a lot of people are learning about the fediverse for the first time and they're excited about the idea. I've really enjoyed reading through them :)

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[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (30 children)

I wish he had mentioned Lemmy, but it's understandable that he didn't. Also Bluesky isn't an alternative to big tech, it IS big tech. I wish it wasn't stealing so much of our publicity lately.

But beggars can't be choosers, and we have seen some nice growth over the past couple months. John Oliver fans are the perfect candidates to join the fediverse, hopefully some of them find their way to Lemmy.

[–] anachronology@fedia.io 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Agreed, but at least Bluesky is a public benefit corporation, so it supposed to take in the needs of society as well as profit in its decision-making. That may not be much, but it's a start.

[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I'm not familiar with the details of that, but it seems like more of a red herring to me. A form of controlled opposition to divert people away from truly revolutionary platforms.

Of course it has to seem like a plausible alternative, but is it actually decentralized or altruistic enough to make a meaningful difference? I think not.

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"Public benefit corporation" is such an oxymoron, I know it's cliché to say this but it reads like something out of 1984.

If your goal is truly to benefit the public, why wouldn't you start a non-profit? It's because they want profits, which will always be at odds with the interests of the public.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

If your goal is truly to benefit the public, why wouldn't you start a non-profit?

Because your non-profit isn't likely to go anywhere; Capitalists don't give significant money to non-profits, but they'll invest in a public benefit corporation because of the potential for profit. The corporation can then take their money and use it for whatever public benefit it intends to work towards. It's a workaround to try and scrape some benefit to society out of capital, that otherwise wouldn't exist.

Whether Bluesky is actually a good example of a public benefit corporation or not, I have no idea, I don't use it.

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