Post #1860901
2026-04-29 06:37 UTC
I'll tell you a tale.
Once, we looked at social networks we used and realized that their algorithms were hostile, their environment footprint untenable, and their fascistic owners had terrible motives. So we rejected the very idea of social networks and shamed anyone who tried to use them. And when someone suggested a network that is controlled by community members and consists of federated servers, we rejected them in disgust for any social network is immoral by design.
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@creepy_owlet@mastodon.online 2026-04-29 06:43
We were proud but lonely in our isolated corners of the world. And then we realized, to the greatest dismay, that the world had moved on from us. That nearly everyone was still using the horrifying social networks we left, for their desire for communication and entertainment was stronger. And we kept asking ourselves if that crazy suggestion to take control of the problem instead of running from it would have resulted in a better world. Nobody knew. The tale is about AI. 2/2