The internet wants to be fragmented

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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