My own admission?

I think you’ve seriously misread what kind of person you’re talking to. I am by no means in favor of the current norm of every communication app in existence being or becoming “AI” driven doom-scrolling traps. They’re following the money, and hence all doing the same thing… Not one is still functioning with communication as goal number one.

The people are already rejecting them. But it will be so fucking slow. For years to come, people will still be going onto twitter and facebook to see what the world has to say. Even if it says nothing, as long as there is content, many will just keep going as usual.

When phones and mail were the norm, everyone happily paid to be heard beyond where just their voice can reach. Not so much today. Today, if you can’t complain to millions that your coffee got cold this morning, some think that’s a violation of your right to free speech.

I very much look forward to a future where social media is an open standard, which anyone can access. One which we pay for, where appropriate, instead of commercialize or demand out of thin air. I imagine one day, protocols like ActivityPub powering government run, taxpayer funded, official instances of communication software, which federates with private, independent and other national instances, alike.

Or even just a posting script that speaks the right API someone threw together in an afternoon.