• @faintwhenfree
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    5111 months ago

    Corporations are coming, it’s inevitable, but at least this time we won’t have to deplatform ourselves to have a sensible discussion.

    • GladiusB
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      1511 months ago

      Someone will try and justify corporate investments. And once they get in, they will infest. They ALWAYS play the long game.

      • @Excrubulent@slrpnk.net
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        1211 months ago

        I agree that they will deliberately try to infiltrate, but corporations are notorious for never playing the long game.

      • @monotrox@discuss.tchncs.de
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        911 months ago

        That is why lemmy is decentralized, no one can buy every single instance. and even when a corporation buys the codebase of lemmy, another person can come in and create their own platform that is still compatible

    • Meldrik
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      511 months ago

      Are there any corporations on Mastodon? The most popular part of the Fediverse.

      • Matt
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        1511 months ago

        Yeah there is, governments too. It’s not super widespread but they do have a presence.

        Due to how federation and anti-viral Mastodon is though, they can’t hijack trends and stuff so a lot will most likely never come.