For a Universal Declaration on Fediverse Rights, or: At the Core of the Threads-Debate lies a deeper problem: how can the Fediverse grow without loosing its soul in the process?
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To Federate or not to Federate: is this the Fediverse’s Don’t be Evil-Moment or its own Liberation through transfiguration? And why is the current political Left in wide parts unable to answer this…
  • Fapper_McFapper@lemmy.worldEnglish
    321·
    3 months ago

    I don’t think it can but hear me out for a second. How about we just don’t grow? We’re not beholden to stock owners needing to see growth year over year. Can we just be happy with what we have?

    • nadram@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      3 months ago

      100% agree with you. Growth must not be the goal, maybe a byproduct. Focusing on growth will eventually compromise the quality of our experience.

      • Fapper_McFapper@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        3 months ago

        Absolutely agree with you as well. Natural growth as a byproduct would mean that those that wish to stay in the fediverse like what the see and stay with the community.

    • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.comEnglish
      151·
      3 months ago

      We will absolutely grow. But „organically“ as every other community that stays healthy does. Most people are just used to the inflated expectations that start ups have.

      But yes, I dont see a reason to force growth, especially not with meta.

    • Boiglenoight@lemmy.worldEnglish
      112·
      3 months ago

      Yes. The argument that we need to grow is a capitalistic one imo. This isn’t a capitalistic platform afaik. Small communities are naturally better, I think.

        • Pussista@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          3 months ago

          Yes, but organic growth has its limits unlike capitalistic growth. We can’t grow infinitely and if we grow fast, that growth might be gone as quickly as it arrived.