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		binchol on Oct 16, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tech giants are hijacking the internet Why would they bother adding the fediverse, it's mostly useless, would provide no benefit to them, and they'd probably get defederated eventually for publishing something someone doesn't like.

Blaiz0r on Oct 16, 2023 | [–]

Says you.

Some media companies are experimenting with it right now: https://www.bbc.com/rd/blog/2023-07-mastodon-distributed-dec...

It makes sense for media companies to self host.

nologic01 on Oct 16, 2023 | [2 more]

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robertlagrant on Oct 16, 2023 | [–]

> I can imagine that somebody hurt your feelings on the fediverse

This sort of junk is completely out of place. If you have a counter argument, state it.

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