I had such a great chat with @mike on his Dot Social podcast, where we talked about the future of the web and why I'm a web optimist, why everyone should be a blogger, digital ownership, and decentralized social media.
@freezr@molly0xfff We do have a bad habit in the tech world of calling people "users" and stories "content" and artists "creators". This kind of shorthand is often used to make it easier when building or discussing products but risks overly simplifying or categorizing.
When I use the phrase "content creator" I'm referring to people like bloggers, vloggers, and podcasters who often tell stories in a way that is deeply rooted in their passion or expertise. I think these are people who I think should be celebrated in the fediverse and given an opportunity to subsidize their work so that can be sustainable.
This was a fantastic summary of the situation between publishers and platforms (albeit the tip of the iceberg); IMHO journalism should be valued as an independent checks and balances service in our democracy and supported through sustainable solutions like the proposed CA law @crumbler explains here https://www.platformer.news/platform-sales-tax-california-sb1327-glazer/?ref=platformer-newsletter
Molly White is one of the most thoughtful writers and thinkers on the web today. In addition to being a high functioning crypto critic, @molly0xfff is a believer and practitioner in crafting the next era of the web.
Molly believes that human connections are an inextricable part of the web and sees a bright future ahead as those connections move from walled gardens to the open web.
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@mike I think Bing is also all-in on AI. We're going to need a totally new way to discover and navigate the web that is fundamentally better than a search engine. I believe trustworthy people recommending quality content to others who share an interest will be a fundamental part of the solution.
@uriel@mike Yes I've used it and I think it's where Google and Bing are headed. Perplexity is essentially forcing Google to move much faster. OpenAI will soon release something similar. All paths lead to the same result: subsume all the content on the web in order to satisfy the search on site and minimize the need to link out to the web.
@thisismissem@imdavidpierce Totally. Threads' and Meta's scale are massive so it's hard for them to cover all these cases with a person. I think that's where decentralized moderation like what we see on Mastodon could have a huge advantage, especially if aided by shared moderation lists and ML tools that automatically flag problematic posts to actual people.
@darnell@darnell Thank you for this super thoughtful summary, Darnell. I really like all these suggestions. Especially the dolphin!
I think there's a decent chance we'll get half of these ideas done in 2024 and the other half in 2025 though not just on our own but as part of a collective effort by multiple parties in the expanding fediverse.
@feb@Tagesspiegel@tagesspiegel Thanks a lot for this helpful summary. I will do exactly as you suggest and play around with this more to see how we should best federate our groups.