For years, the internet has been shrinking. Not in size, not in data, but in ownership. A vast, decentralized network of personal blogs, forums, and independent communities has been corralled into a handful of paved prison yards controlled by a few massive corporations. Every post, every “friend,” every creative work—
  • sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 day ago

    But if the only way to do it is to have ads or selling our data etc, then I don’t want that.

    Nobody wants that. It’s a bunch of lil features:

    • following users in Lemmy,

    • allow mods flair users in a community (so subscribers/patrons can show off),

    • Make it easier to see popular posts on Lemmy and Mastodon,

    Stuff like that.