ploum , 7 months ago

Inspired by @neilhimself words, Cal Newport managed to describe his dream: a kind of decentralized social network:

https://calnewport.com/neil-gaimans-radical-vision-for-the-future-of-the-internet/

It is a bit sad (or funny) to see that those interesting discussions often mention Bluesky and rarely Mastodon (despite the fact that the later as 10 times more users and is connected to an even bigger network: the Fediverse).

As I said previously: we should stop trying to make social networks succeed:

https://ploum.net/2023-07-06-stop-trying-to-make-social-networks-succeed.html