[jakequade]

In what world is having geo-specific social networks run by corporations a good outcome? "Like China" is a pretty bad north star for almost any country.

[danielheath]

I quite like the geo-specific mastodon instances I have seen (eg cloud island for NZ).

For one thing, their moderation only needs to comply with local norms and laws - no need to ban e.g. “female-presenting nipples” unless your community actually wants to.

[deathgrips]

Why would it be worse than Facebook?

[fx32s]

A state regulated and censored siloed system where you can't communicate across borders hardly seems like the thing to strive for if you want to displace FB.

edited to reword as to not assume intentions of op

[oska]

Please don't misrepresent me.

In no place in my comment did I describe WeChat as better to FB (and I'm not interested in taking a position either way).

Nor was I promoting this:

> A state regulated and censored siloed system where you can't communicate across borders

Quite the opposite. I made it quite clear that my strong preference was for the fostering of open social networks & protocols.

* edit: the parent commenter edited their comment after my reply without noting the edit.

[fx32s]

Sorry, I added the edit, I'm quite new to this comment section and assumed it might show my edit by default