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Fediverse is a portmanteau of "federation" and "universe".

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A series of polls asking for feedback about what improvements people want to see in the Fediverse. (mastodon.communick.com)
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I believe that the Fediverse can and should be more than a niche thing for those that reject Big Tech.

I also believe that to get there we will need businesses, service providers and professional developers who work on it because they are motivated by more than just "community values" and goodwill. For example, I have quite a bit experience with distributed systems and I know I could work to make Lemmy federation more efficient, but I can only do that if I can secure a stable income.

Please follow the linked Mastodon thread and vote on the polls. The idea is to find out if there are enough people willing to pay for services that can ease their pains with Mastodon/Lemmy/Matrix.

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[–] Candelestine@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I agree. If we want to stand against the giants, we will have to be able to do business here, and accept those that do.

There's a difference between working with a smaller business and helping it grow vs working with a tech giant.