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Re:Facebook users in Romania see content related to street p... by salvar on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @05:24AM (#15795945)
> So what is the non capitalist alternative? State controlled social media services? Really? That would be a better option in Romania right now?

Right here you ask for an alternative, then suggest it is one particular alternative, then argue against that as if it's the only answer. Do you think that's an honest way of debating?

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Re:Facebook users in Romania see content related to street p... by simonh on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @08:49AM (#15797204)
Still no actual suggestion of an alternative.
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Re:Facebook users in Romania see content related to street p... by imran3740 on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @11:24AM (#15798621)
Here's one: Mastodon [0]. It's decentralized, you can deploy your own instance, and doesn't (necessarily) rely on advertising.

[0]: https://joinmastodon.org/

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Re:Facebook users in Romania see content related to street p... by _Tev on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @12:51PM (#15799546)
> It's decentralized, you can deploy your own instance

So it's useless as a social network. Not an alternative.

I wonder when will the anti-centralization people realize that their solutions are not for everyone, and that's why so many people don't care about them.

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Re:Facebook users in Romania see content related to street p... by wu-ikkyu on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @05:50PM (#15802657)
What about it being decentralized makes it useless, and not an alternative?
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Re:Facebook users in Romania see content related to street p... by _Tev on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @06:35PM (#15811936)
It makes things hard for actual users. Centralization can generate trust issues, but it is often damn effective, that's why it's used so much everywhere.
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Re:Facebook users in Romania see content related to street p... by wu-ikkyu on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @07:21PM (#15812212)
I just signed up for Mastodon, and it was super easy to do. I don't what it could be considered difficult, even for non technical users.
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Re:Facebook users in Romania see content related to street p... by Can_Not on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @09:10AM (#15797400)
What about both non-capitalist and non-state controlled?
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Re:Facebook users in Romania see content related to street p... by gspetr on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @04:07PM (#15810847)
A crowdfunded open source platform?

I don't think you can describe it as capitalist since it's neither privately owned, nor for profit.

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Re:Facebook users in Romania see content related to street p... by salvar on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @09:32AM (#15797567)
That's not an answer to my question. Did you accidentally reply to the wrong comment?
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Re:Facebook users in Romania see content related to street p... by simonh on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @03:17PM (#15801029)
No I suggested a possible alternative and asked if there were any others. All I got back was snark.
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