Someone tell them they don't need federated systems for that, they could have done the same on a phpBB forum from 2004.
That's about as bad as Cinnamon coming with an option to automatically kill it and restart if its memory leaks grow beyond a certain size.
You know...I think I may be fine with people who aren't very tech savvy staying off the fediverse. I've haven't had such meaningful conversations in a long time. And it feels like what you say matters. People aren't just here to troll and meme.
It kinda feels like the early Internet before AOL, when it was just a bunch of nerds exploring and building it out...and yes I'm old enough to remember that.
We don't want to work to make someone else rich. That doesn't mean we don't want to work. I'm commenting right now using an OS that's developed by thousands who worked on it for free.
Make the work meaningful and fulfilling, and you most likely wont even have to pay someone to do it.
For example, I love to tinker with and repair electronics. I'd probably be more than happy to diagnose a broken Xbox or TV for you once in a while, because I love doing it.
Google is like as if my ADHD addled brain with two dozen projects its procrastinating on started an Internet company. This is getting old. They better not fuck up my domains in the transfer.
I didn't know people keep archives. I just steal shit off the internet as needed.
If I have to check a list of sources to make sure what ChatGPT spat out was accurate, why don't I just skip the middleman and make that determination with my own brain? That's what I don't get. Is that a skill that's being lost now or something?