It’s alright, it’s art. You can’t expect it to reach everyone the same way.

This smells like ego projection. These are tools for jobs, they don’t have to compete.

Different tool, different purpose.

You could make a client or browser add-on or something that just uses a separate account for all your voting.

I also wonder how the rest of the fediverse can do better to demonstrate its value, in terms of users and content, which would cause threads users to desire content from us.

Yeah the mutuality argument is a strong one IMO.

It would be great if the fediverse did have the leverage to influence meta to accept other content.

At the same time, I wonder if there could ever be an implementation that detects asymmetrical & unfair practices across instances to give them consequences in real time.

If the majority of us are truly here specifically to enjoy the freedom of choice, then it would follow that peering with Facebook wouldn’t be a major risk for active users here, and possibly an opportunity to reach a less savvy audience.

Lemmy and mastodon are platforms good for connecting broadly. There could even be a separate instance that is a subsidiary division of a major player.

And as far as hoovering up our data, we’re already out here putting it out there. Don’t put sensitive data on here and don’t sign up for an instance owned by surveillance-capitalists.

The preemptive strike is interesting. The cost will be a lack of knowledge. We know our enemy but we don’t know them on this terrain yet.

I haven’t been here long, but content quantity and quality seem to be improving, along with user interactions.