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Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by MisterBastahrd on Saturday July 01, 2023 @02:17AM (#36547191)
Wait until you realize that highly centralized businesses are a feature, not a bug.

We've BEEN through federated platforms before. We've even been through PROTOCOLS before. They're all horrible. The successor to any platform that currently exists will have slight improvements to what already exists, and that's IF they're able to do so.

I don't have a dog in this fight, but I do have over 30 years of being around social media platforms on the internet.

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Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by thowawatp302 on Saturday July 01, 2023 @02:31AM (#36547284)
Every time someone says this they forget the internet itself is a federated platform.
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Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by MisterBastahrd on Monday July 03, 2023 @02:17AM (#36569477)
Every time someone says this it's because they don't have a credible counterargument to the central premise.
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