Related to last post ...
Here's what I want out of the next discord-like replacement.
1) Being able to run my own server but be connected to all of the rest of the servers is priority one. Because, to be quite blunt, I have noticed that every social networking platform goes through the following cycle:
* New platform comes up, promises not to be evil (usually in comparison to another platform everyone is leaving)
* People flock to the new platform on hopeful acceptance of this promise.
* The userbase reaches a critical mass, and the creators of the platform realize it's not going to be easy for users to move.
* Monetization begins. Starts with things people don't really need but might want.
* Greed sets in, and monetization spreads to things people actually need.
* The platform maximizes how much money it can bring in without becoming evil.
* The platform abandons its promise not to be evil. But people remain because it's hard to change platforms and all of their users may not switch to another.
* The developers of the platform do something truly evil and breaks the trust of the community. Everyone starts looking for a new platform.
* Repeat from beginning.
I do not want to keep being part of this cycle, and thats why I want federation and the ability to run my own server. Because I can't trust these community silos, like Discord, and Stoat, and Root, to keep their promises not to be evil. I've been seeing this pattern recur since the 90s. Skype did it, AIM did it, even Google Plus had the plug pulled on it.. I can only trust myself not to be Evil.
#matrix #discord #federation #root #stoat #rocketchat