[camdenlock]

Eh? There already are decentralized social networks available to use. This doesn’t add up.

And as others have pointed out, what networks are eligible for this forced decentralization process? Should some networks be allowed to be centralized? Which ones, if so?

Let’s not be too hasty.

[r3bl]

> Eh? There already are decentralized social networks available to use. This doesn’t add up.

I agree. They've always existed in one form or the other, it's just that nobody gave a fuck. Mastodon kinda changed that by attracting about half a million monthly users. A tiny, tiny number for a social network, but a gigantic number for a decentralized social network.

This website is good for the overview of the "fediverse" (collection of social media services talking together via open protocols): https://the-federation.info/

Hell, name a social network, and I can name at least one attempt at decentralizing it: Twitter (Mastodon, Pleroma), Instagram (PixelFed, Anfora), reddit (Lemmy), YouTube (PeerTube), SoundCloud (Funkwhale), Medium (Write.as) etc. An obvious one that I haven't listed is Facebook, but that thing has so many features that a viable alternative heavily depends on which Facebook features you actually use.

I see nothing wrong with this strike, but I don't see how spreading awareness helps if you don't point to the most obvious solution available.