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Re:The internet wants to be fragmented by TobyTheDog123 on Sunday January 01, 2023 @02:34PM (#34209901)
These are all false equivalencies, as you're talking technology and implementation instead of a consumer product or idea. The author is talking about centralization of moderation and audience, not how it's hosted or how that moderation/audience is presented to the user

People moved off of IRC because it was inconvenient for less-technical users, it is far easier to just download an app. That doesn't mean they want those apps to be centralized, or don't want their social media to be fragmented so they're talking to only like-minded individuals.

It is 100% possible that someone creates a technologically-centralized app that allows for a decentralized audience and moderation. I'm not aware of anyone doing this though.

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Re:The internet wants to be fragmented by borski on Sunday January 01, 2023 @02:50PM (#34210096)
I agree, but I’d also argue discord or Slack does this, in the same way that IRC did; you essentially spin up separate servers and thus separate communities. Sure, it’s still hosted by a central entity, but the moderation and discourse is all yours to manage.
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Re:The internet wants to be fragmented by TobyTheDog123 on Sunday January 01, 2023 @05:14PM (#34211606)
I have no idea how I blanked on Discord. To me Slack still screams "business tool" and "only business tool," but you're very much right regardless.

There's also Reddit (to an extent)

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Re:The internet wants to be fragmented by josephcsible on Sunday January 01, 2023 @06:23PM (#34212227)
> the moderation and discourse is all yours to manage.

No it isn't. Look at all the things https://discord.com/guidelines and https://slack.com/acceptable-use-policy say you can't do. For example, Discord bans sharing cheats for even single-player games, and Slack bans discussing ideas for a chat app of your own.

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Re:The internet wants to be fragmented by borski on Sunday January 01, 2023 @06:58PM (#34212559)
OK fine, I stand corrected. But my larger point was that the movement toward these types of communities / services is indicative of the article’s thesis being correct, in general.
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