@softland
I’m “Background Pony #A555”, I’m pretty sure I’m not gonna get the same #code here.
How does it work ? Very simple…
I’m sorry, but what you’re describing is far, very far from simple. After looking into it, it’s an interesting idea, but it’s so inaccessible and confusing, that you can’t really expect anyone who isn’t into that sort of technobabble to join. Especially artists.
Are you saying that because you suppose that every body is going there that you need to follow ?
No, I’m saying that because I think that is what’s gonna happen. I don’t have a tumblr, actually, or twitter, so I don’t follow anyone anywhere (I have my ways of keeping up with things). I’m just saying that most people will probably just migrate to twitter because, call me a prophet, I’m feeling it’s coming.
Have you read twitters terms of service ? … Wasn’t that also tumblrs politics for years until now ?
Sure. The big difference is that tumblr was always very jumpy when it comes to porn. All sorts of accounts was getting shut down on first notice for all sorts of stupid reasons or no reason at all. To the point that Molestia’s blog was getting nuked over and over, and it wasn’t even porn, it was just suggestive. And twitter on the other hand has a bunch of porn actresses posting their porn photos, and people from pixiv posting borberline lolicon, and twitter doesn’t care and doesn’t do jack. I’m not saying that it can’t. Really, even if it was written in their terms of service that they won’t, they can always change their terms of service, it’s their platform. I’m saying that, from what I’ve seen so far, twitter doesn’t give a damn. If you aren’t posting actual pedophile material - you just need a “sensitive content” warning and go nuts.
And when it comes to software freedom and stuff like that - it’s all great and in a perfect world where everyone is techno savvy and vigilant - people would’ve killed for a technology like that, but in reality - unless it’s also convinient and easy to understand, people at large won’t care. Every step of extra effort required on a part of the user will push away waves of potential adopters. That’s just how it is. Just look at Linux vs Windows situation. Same story. Many are shaking fists at Microsoft and threating to go Linux, but most of them don’t, because even if it spies on them it’s still more convinient (and Linux has come a long way in last 15 years, but still).
But anyway, I think fediverse is an interesting idea, but I can’t see it catching on with artists leaving tumblr. And that’s really all I was saying.