There is no reason for the President to rely on a 3rd party network. In fact, none of us should -- which I why I won't touch Gab. What would be helpful would be open source tech where we could build our own tech stack surrounding the public square (i.e., what the internet was supposed to be).
I'll look through their tech again as a matter of practice and still expect this problem to be solved through cryptography. We'll know we're over the target when they begin regulation on blockchains that compete with corporate America's interest over our own.
expect this problem to be solved through cryptography
Not sure exactly what you mean here, crypto is part of many of Gab's interconnected systems. Crypto in and of itself is just a tool. The specific implementation is what matters.
IN any case I only intend to suggest that you should be open to considering Gab or really any other service. Like you said, give it a thorough investigation first to make sure you actually agree to their terms before signing up.
I've looked through Gab's network and that was enough to help understand how much Twitter/Facebook/Google need to be open-sourced if not shut down, and their boards arrested for treason. They are using Gab as a dumping ground and pointing at it as if it's Gab's fault.
I understand Gab wants to grow it's user base etc. and I support this in spirit. I disagree with much more that is out of Gab's control especially in relation to edge providers/platforms working day and night to completely control the internet.
If we are to break this then the areas they are controlling need to be broken. New social media platforms won't fix anything unless they are completely disruptive. Gab is not this.
Regulation needs to be re-written to end the consumption of the Town Square by a single political party. That's really it for me here. I like a lot of the "ideas" around a "new social media xyz", none of this matters when a handful of board rooms control the entire system. It must be decentralized and restored to an open sourced community driven operating system.
Twitter, for example, must be forced to open their network. After Jack is thrown in prison, of course.
There is no reason for the President to rely on a 3rd party network. In fact, none of us should -- which I why I won't touch Gab. What would be helpful would be open source tech where we could build our own tech stack surrounding the public square (i.e., what the internet was supposed to be).
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Gab is a fork of Mastodon, which is precisely what you've described:
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2019/07/statement-on-gabs-fork-of-mastodon/
Despite Mastodon being a decentralized platform, as you can see from the above link, even open source projects can become overrun by ideologues.
So given your stated position, you may want to reconsider Gab, since it is what you say you want in a service.
I'll look through their tech again as a matter of practice and still expect this problem to be solved through cryptography. We'll know we're over the target when they begin regulation on blockchains that compete with corporate America's interest over our own.
Not sure exactly what you mean here, crypto is part of many of Gab's interconnected systems. Crypto in and of itself is just a tool. The specific implementation is what matters.
IN any case I only intend to suggest that you should be open to considering Gab or really any other service. Like you said, give it a thorough investigation first to make sure you actually agree to their terms before signing up.
I've looked through Gab's network and that was enough to help understand how much Twitter/Facebook/Google need to be open-sourced if not shut down, and their boards arrested for treason. They are using Gab as a dumping ground and pointing at it as if it's Gab's fault.
I understand Gab wants to grow it's user base etc. and I support this in spirit. I disagree with much more that is out of Gab's control especially in relation to edge providers/platforms working day and night to completely control the internet.
If we are to break this then the areas they are controlling need to be broken. New social media platforms won't fix anything unless they are completely disruptive. Gab is not this.
So did you you use your network to post this comment?
Identi.ca has been around as long as twitter... but nobody outside of the FLOSS community used it because it didn't have "celebrities"
Regulation needs to be re-written to end the consumption of the Town Square by a single political party. That's really it for me here. I like a lot of the "ideas" around a "new social media xyz", none of this matters when a handful of board rooms control the entire system. It must be decentralized and restored to an open sourced community driven operating system.
Twitter, for example, must be forced to open their network. After Jack is thrown in prison, of course.