this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2023
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I think embracing and valuing the principles of FOSS, decentralization, anonymity, privacy, ownership of one’s digital identity and data, online security, etc. requires a degree of technological literacy that most people don’t possess. For most online citizens today who’ve only ever known the current centralized Web 2.0 through the glass of a mobile device, convenience trumps those principles even when you explain their value to them.
The Meta crowd and the Fediverse crowd are not two perfect distinct sets - more like a Venn diagram with some inevitable overlap.
yep, agreed. I think there should be a public education effort (like billboards / PSAs) to impress upon the general public what kinds of dangers there are in handing their information and social media presence over to large corporations. We've already seen a bit of that in response to tiktok