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by um_ya 1980 days ago
"Build your own Twitter"

"Build your own Facebook"

"Build your own hosting service"

"Build your own iphone/android"

"Build your own ISP"

I don't like where we're heading

3 comments

"Ah screw it, I ain't building social media again, let's just go play outside" wouldn't be a bad outcome, IMHO.
I like it -- if everyone set up their own websites, we would have way less monopolization, censorship, posts promotion. Even ordering of your "News feed" is already a form of content moderation.
What we need, is social profiles/media/content as a protocol.

An "email like" structure, rather than single company lock in.

Sounds like you just reinvented the internet :).
Well... This is exactly why people have been in an uproar over the Internet not being considered a public utility.