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As the current us government is very pro crypto, I'd say this is not only very risky, but you would also be buying into their narrative and possibly be an even greater part of it as it crashes and burns.

That said, you're not wrong.

I'd say it depends on your uses.

If you're an organization looking for a platform in which to publish your videos so that they can be spread in your newsletter/social media and embedded on your website, it's probably a very good alternative.

If you're a content creator who runs on donations and has a dedicated following already, it might be good. And as the fediverse grows, it will only get better.

For a lot of the content creators who live off engagement and clicks, it's much less likely to become a viable alternative. The kind of content people will watch for hours, but that nobody would ever consider paying for.

I think it's not about one platform replacing all of YouTube, but about providing viable alternatives for specific uses.

They've fixed it now by the way, after someone contacted them about it. :)

I think it's cool that someone who knows nothing about Mastodon is even writing about this. Though I would wish journalists had the time to double check just a little bit more.

I think (!) the idea is that I could text you using your fediverse handle, and that it could somehow become integrated in other fediverse services.

It makes sense through the following storyline:

1. Dansup creates Pixelfed
2. People start texting each other using direct messages on Pixelfed, making Dansup uncomfortable as it is not at all encrypted
3. Dansup creates sup to provide integrated E2EE direct messaging in Pixelfed/associated platforms

I have no idea if it'll be good or if it'll be used. I struggle enough to get people on Signal. But if it can somehow provide E2EE while benefiting from the social graph of ActivityPub, it might not be the dumbest thing ever.

Yeah, no, it's not about that. I hope you're doing better!

A little beside the point, but this here is why economists never get the cost of war right.

Sorry for your loss.

I generally try to avoid political shit here myself, it's too depressing and I'm not sure reddit-like forums is really a good format for that.

But for those who are out there posting cybertruck memes, thanks for scaring away the MAGAs for the rest of us. It is much appreciated.

Ironically I'm using a free trial of Kagi.

Paid for the limited plan before, but had not nearly enough searches and got annoyed by the unrolling integration of AI. Happy to be back now, but still not sure about it.

$10 per month is not nothing at all, and if I'm not somewhat confident I am ideologically aligned with Kagi I'll be reluctant to spend so much money on it. I'd rather sponsor open source projects and other things I believe in.

I agree. I'm happy to pay, but not for AI search functionality, and not as much as they're asking.

Kagi has a "lense" for Fediverse forums, which is a pretty great solution. Maybe adding Lemmy will work if it finds everything mirrored on lemmy.world, I'm not sure. Kagi finds everything on the original instance.

Don't hesitate to block people with bad energy! A lot can be achieved by blocking a few negativistic folks. :)

Pixelfed is having its moment in the spotlight - on the Apple app store it's currently getting more downloads than Facebook, Bluesky or Instagram.

Of course, it's helped along by the fact that people don't have it installed already. But still fun to se the Fediverse represented in the list of popular apps. I think similar things are happening on Android in many countries.