It’s also a clash between the profit motive of these platform runners / investors and the increasing value of data itself (in the “age of AI”).
Enthusiasts need our help as Usenet as is, phpBB, etc just don’t cut it anymore in terms of ease of use for admins and exploration and fun for users.
Todos then:
1. Centralized solution it ain’t
2. Remove (boundless, blunt) profit motive out of equation (don’t depend on this at least)
3. Actually care and be professional about UX. UX quality for centralized services has been decreasing over the last ~10 years (I blame Apple for continuously dropping their own ball there; role models are important) so it’s actually not as high a barrier as it used to be (relatively speaking).
Enthusiasts need our help as Usenet as is, phpBB, etc just don’t cut it anymore in terms of ease of use for admins and exploration and fun for users.
Todos then:
1. Centralized solution it ain’t
2. Remove (boundless, blunt) profit motive out of equation (don’t depend on this at least)
3. Actually care and be professional about UX. UX quality for centralized services has been decreasing over the last ~10 years (I blame Apple for continuously dropping their own ball there; role models are important) so it’s actually not as high a barrier as it used to be (relatively speaking).