I guess we’re at the normie stage since OP apparently doesn’t know how this meme works.
We just need to post stuff so ridiculous that advertisers either don’t want to be here or take part in the shitshow (would be kinda funny to see a ad for a Cereal that looks like a MLG shit post)
That’s actually a good idea.
Make every post NSFW
That’s Tumblr’s strategy :P It seems to be working okay.
Give this guy the a nobel!
They were doing that shit all over reddit. It was rampant with blatant product placement.
That weren’t actually funny memes. It was kinda obviously advertising and its illegal to not mark advertising in many countries so… That won’t happen again.
They can’t fuck off the fediverse, only their own instances. That is the advantage of decentralized networks.
I can see a world where when the Fediverse/Lemmy grows more, a big corporation buys out the top 10 (or whatever) Lemmy instances, combines them and defederates from all other instances. Add a new frontend, a shitty app, and run ads and et voilà.
The majority of users (“normies”) won’t switch instances and so the cycle repeats.
You are right. That’s awful. Be right back, making my own instance and trying get it into the top ten ones.
I would like a future where smaller companies set up instances and compete with each other rather than one big evil business in control, and “normies” should be invited here, Don’t like the mentality of everything new being the special little club for the early adopters.
I would like a future where smaller companies set up instances and compete with each other rather than one big evil business in control
That goes strongly against the mechanics of how capitalism works. Markets tend toward monopolies over time.
not always tbh.
If certain confounding factors prevent it, sure. Can you name a confounding factor in this case?
Yeah, that “exclusivity” attitude is the worst. I welcome anyone to the fediverse! The nature of the fediverse prevents any one entity from “fucking it up”, as the image claims; if you don’t like an instance or the instances it federates with, move to a different one that is more in-line with your values.
Or even make your own, with blackjack and hookers!
But we can just de-federate if it turns to shit and lock them out.
That’s the good thing. If big tech fucks up again, we can simply move to another instance.
