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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Or someone would nationalize it.

Oh, the anti-vax broflakes and maga cult will vacate that thing in droves. If the right country 'owns' it - thinking Jacinda Ardern's government if we had a time machine, or just the UN now - then advertisers may come back. Or it may just exist as a cost-free platform for cat pics and tsunami/twister alerts.

Wait. Isn't that what we want? No halfwit conspiracy fucknuts, and a still-usable platform? Where do the bots using it for C&C fit into this?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Public spaces should be government owned. Each country could have its own public servers with a guaranteed spot for every citizen. People can cross post.

If you want anonymity you can have private servers too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

So what you’re saying is Lemmy needs lobbyists!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Honestly just ActivityPub. And being backed by the W3C id assume there already are discussions in countries where corruption is less prevalent.