I saw this on a Finnish post, so let me reformulate it a bit and post it in English.
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Creating a successful Facebook replacement has little to do with underlying technology or university education system. Success depends far more on access to deep, liquid capital markets and a large domestic market that can serve as a launching pad for international growth.
@kongakong @anttipeltola The point is that institutions don't need a facebook replacement to be built. Personally I don't see why a simple website isn't enough, but people seem to be less and less able to even create those.
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I saw this on a Finnish post, so let me reformulate it a bit and post it in English.
Finnish universities 1996:
"Here's an operating system we created for you. Here's a chat network we created you can use with the operating system."
Finnish universities 2026:
"We don't know how to replace Facebook for public communications."
Learned helplessness.
@anttipeltola It makes me so sad to see this is true elsewhere... I truly thought it was a local problem for us
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I saw this on a Finnish post, so let me reformulate it a bit and post it in English.
Finnish universities 1996:
"Here's an operating system we created for you. Here's a chat network we created you can use with the operating system."
Finnish universities 2026:
"We don't know how to replace Facebook for public communications."
Learned helplessness.
@anttipeltola There are lots of organizations and businesses that have a website, but refuse to use it:
> For opening hours, please see our instagram
You're lucky to find the address on the web. Anything remotely useful will be locked on a platform where you can't even read it without making an account.
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I saw this on a Finnish post, so let me reformulate it a bit and post it in English.
Finnish universities 1996:
"Here's an operating system we created for you. Here's a chat network we created you can use with the operating system."
Finnish universities 2026:
"We don't know how to replace Facebook for public communications."
Learned helplessness.
@anttipeltola my state government is doing this for everything. Handing ot over to contractors then claing ignorance on issues of medical licensure, license plate renewal, etc
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I saw this on a Finnish post, so let me reformulate it a bit and post it in English.
Finnish universities 1996:
"Here's an operating system we created for you. Here's a chat network we created you can use with the operating system."
Finnish universities 2026:
"We don't know how to replace Facebook for public communications."
Learned helplessness.
@anttipeltola Microsoft DreamsPark/Azure Tools for Teaching.
Let's put it this way: for past 15 years, life science graduates with pretty advanced degrees can't do a non-linear regression unless there is a specific 1000 EUR per year per user software package provided.
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I saw this on a Finnish post, so let me reformulate it a bit and post it in English.
Finnish universities 1996:
"Here's an operating system we created for you. Here's a chat network we created you can use with the operating system."
Finnish universities 2026:
"We don't know how to replace Facebook for public communications."
Learned helplessness.
Also Finland: ( seen in Turku ) a young man in his 20s ordering a coffee with his phone. He is sitting two meters from the counter.
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I saw this on a Finnish post, so let me reformulate it a bit and post it in English.
Finnish universities 1996:
"Here's an operating system we created for you. Here's a chat network we created you can use with the operating system."
Finnish universities 2026:
"We don't know how to replace Facebook for public communications."
Learned helplessness.
@anttipeltola When I've read histories of computers and programming, I was surprised how often Finnish universities were mentioned.
This also sounds like what's happened with universities in the US. In the 90s, a lot of significant software was developed and supported by universities and government-funded research organizations. But universities ended up outsourcing their IT.
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Also Finland: ( seen in Turku ) a young man in his 20s ordering a coffee with his phone. He is sitting two meters from the counter.
Well, one less social interaction for the customer, and less need for a dedicated cashier.
By local standards, this counts as a win-win.
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@anttipeltola my state government is doing this for everything. Handing ot over to contractors then claing ignorance on issues of medical licensure, license plate renewal, etc
Yup. Over 500 boosts now. That's "going viral" for me.
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@Mellivora @uint8_t @funambolo
Yes, this could be a reasonable anarchist solution for taking down the system without firing a shot.
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@anttipeltola not just Finland. I'd say most of europe?
@anttipeltola @openfactory The point was, that Linux was literally released at the University of Helsinki. IRC was developed at the University of Oulu. The first version of ssh was developed at the Helsinki University of Technology. All rather ground breaking.
(Edit: Fixed "University of Helsinki" to "Helsinki University of Technology")
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I saw this on a Finnish post, so let me reformulate it a bit and post it in English.
Finnish universities 1996:
"Here's an operating system we created for you. Here's a chat network we created you can use with the operating system."
Finnish universities 2026:
"We don't know how to replace Facebook for public communications."
Learned helplessness.
@anttipeltola found it!
Tommi (@tommi@jontka.fi)
suomalaiset yliopistot 90-luvulla: kehitettiin tämmöne 😎 reaaliaikainen keskusteluohjelma 😎 sinne voi perustaa omia kanavia. Tietenkin se pyörii meidän palvelimella. Haluutko sen omalle palvelimelle? Otas tosta, ja sit hei! Tässä olis tämmöne käyttöjärjestelmä mikä tehtiin. Se on ilmainen ja paras.🤌😎 suomalaiset yliopistot 2026: te ette vaan voi ymmärtää miten vaikea on siirtää meidän viestintä pois facebookista
Jontka (jontka.fi)
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@anttipeltola @openfactory The point was, that Linux was literally released at the University of Helsinki. IRC was developed at the University of Oulu. The first version of ssh was developed at the Helsinki University of Technology. All rather ground breaking.
(Edit: Fixed "University of Helsinki" to "Helsinki University of Technology")
@anttipeltola @openfactory @pesasa wasn't ssh deveped while Ylönen was researcher at Helsinki University of Technology?
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@anttipeltola @openfactory @pesasa wasn't ssh deveped while Ylönen was researcher at Helsinki University of Technology?
@anttipeltola @openfactory @poppis Yes exactly. My mistake.
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I saw this on a Finnish post, so let me reformulate it a bit and post it in English.
Finnish universities 1996:
"Here's an operating system we created for you. Here's a chat network we created you can use with the operating system."
Finnish universities 2026:
"We don't know how to replace Facebook for public communications."
Learned helplessness.
I would think if any country could do it, Finland could
Finland already has the best open instance of #Friendica in English
govts could do like France & make all employees be off certain platforms that collect data
they could even subsidize an instance of an opensource friend app for citizens
reaching out individually to get a friend to switch platforms rarely works. We could set up a #meta mass exodus day
people will go where their friends & people go
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I saw this on a Finnish post, so let me reformulate it a bit and post it in English.
Finnish universities 1996:
"Here's an operating system we created for you. Here's a chat network we created you can use with the operating system."
Finnish universities 2026:
"We don't know how to replace Facebook for public communications."
Learned helplessness.
@anttipeltola But there's no connection between that and getting hoodwinked into NATO because the population is this dumb. -
@anttipeltola @openfactory The point was, that Linux was literally released at the University of Helsinki. IRC was developed at the University of Oulu. The first version of ssh was developed at the Helsinki University of Technology. All rather ground breaking.
(Edit: Fixed "University of Helsinki" to "Helsinki University of Technology")
@pesasa @anttipeltola fair enough. I was answering more to the point of the learned helplessness and not to the invention. Would not dimish the impact finnish unis did (compared to the population especially)
but the "oh but we use teams because everyone does and we don't know how we could do anything else people <<demand>> their tools" is crazy
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@anttipeltola @openfactory The point was, that Linux was literally released at the University of Helsinki. IRC was developed at the University of Oulu. The first version of ssh was developed at the Helsinki University of Technology. All rather ground breaking.
(Edit: Fixed "University of Helsinki" to "Helsinki University of Technology")
and another challenging thing is that if we look at our own community, even the citysec' are all moving towards slack/gmail/discord instead of running our own. At least @turkusec is on mastodon - dunno about any other here.
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and another challenging thing is that if we look at our own community, even the citysec' are all moving towards slack/gmail/discord instead of running our own. At least @turkusec is on mastodon - dunno about any other here.
@openfactory @pesasa @anttipeltola Indeed! It's a bit of a shame - the lower rate of adoption. Hopefully, there will be more people/organizations joining the fediverse
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I saw this on a Finnish post, so let me reformulate it a bit and post it in English.
Finnish universities 1996:
"Here's an operating system we created for you. Here's a chat network we created you can use with the operating system."
Finnish universities 2026:
"We don't know how to replace Facebook for public communications."
Learned helplessness.
@anttipeltola the early 90s Internet in the NORDUnet space was so excellent. Plenty of great things coming out of universities during that time. Visiting some of these places now, they’re all rumning on either Google or O365 and American social media. IT departments don’t work with the faculties anymore. Etc etc
