The biggest mistake one can make when leaving the corporate web is to falsely equate contrast with morality.
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The biggest mistake one can make when leaving the corporate web is to falsely equate contrast with morality. Just because someone says "hey we're not like meta" doesn't make them people you'd want to associate with if you believe in "radical" things like trans rights, or that a fascist military should be abolished.
It's easy to make a compelling argument for leaving the corporate web. But it's so tricky to steer someone towards alternatives.
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The biggest mistake one can make when leaving the corporate web is to falsely equate contrast with morality. Just because someone says "hey we're not like meta" doesn't make them people you'd want to associate with if you believe in "radical" things like trans rights, or that a fascist military should be abolished.
It's easy to make a compelling argument for leaving the corporate web. But it's so tricky to steer someone towards alternatives.
The open/indie/social web is, unfortunately, rife with centrists—people whose only sense of obligation is to their personal comfort. Who equate intelligence with apathy. Who, if ever faced with a teaspoon of oppression, would fold like origami. You'll never fully know what a centrist believes, not because they hide it, but because they're husks. They don't believe in anything. They hear about state sponsored murder and violence and they reach for the mute button. Truly the worst of them.
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The open/indie/social web is, unfortunately, rife with centrists—people whose only sense of obligation is to their personal comfort. Who equate intelligence with apathy. Who, if ever faced with a teaspoon of oppression, would fold like origami. You'll never fully know what a centrist believes, not because they hide it, but because they're husks. They don't believe in anything. They hear about state sponsored murder and violence and they reach for the mute button. Truly the worst of them.
I think it's the feeling of being courted. Centrists love knowing that democrats rack their brains trying to figure out the correct level of compromise; the exact number of dead bodies it'll take to garner their favor.
Remember, Atlanta progressives put Biden in the White House. Centrists brought Trump back.
/rant
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The open/indie/social web is, unfortunately, rife with centrists—people whose only sense of obligation is to their personal comfort. Who equate intelligence with apathy. Who, if ever faced with a teaspoon of oppression, would fold like origami. You'll never fully know what a centrist believes, not because they hide it, but because they're husks. They don't believe in anything. They hear about state sponsored murder and violence and they reach for the mute button. Truly the worst of them.
The capital-I-IndieWeb, and capital S-Social Web are not anti-corporate, despite their marketing language that lures us in. But once you're inside, IndieWeb leaders will defend corporate social media, directly or indirect.
Some of them truly believe we cannot move forward without Meta. It's an affliction of the imagination. Some of them come from Big Tech companies, like leaders of IndieWebDotOrg, and some of them were paid off like the Social Web Foundation.
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The capital-I-IndieWeb, and capital S-Social Web are not anti-corporate, despite their marketing language that lures us in. But once you're inside, IndieWeb leaders will defend corporate social media, directly or indirect.
Some of them truly believe we cannot move forward without Meta. It's an affliction of the imagination. Some of them come from Big Tech companies, like leaders of IndieWebDotOrg, and some of them were paid off like the Social Web Foundation.
This is a truly unfortunate matrix of power and influence. The average person fleeing from the corporate web will view the IndieWeb as a safe space, only to later find out it's, at best, controlled opposition.
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This is a truly unfortunate matrix of power and influence. The average person fleeing from the corporate web will view the IndieWeb as a safe space, only to later find out it's, at best, controlled opposition.
(Idk where the pun came from. Some deep crevasse that I don't want to find again)
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