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Not completely convinced by the format, but worth a try (i.imgflip.com)

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[-] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 72 points 2 days ago

It can be bought by a billionaire. I think we need to be careful thinking this risk doesn’t exist.

“We can just make another instance” - this won’t happen like people think it will. If all the content is on Lemmy.world and it gets bought, then people are going to be hesitant to move somewhere else, just like people are hesitant to leave Reddit now.

[-] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 2 days ago

Even if people running instances are saints, a lot of money can not only buy, but bully them into submission. Bullshit lawsuits is one way to do so before they are financially crippled. We are safeguarded only by our irrelevance.

[-] Hejej@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago

“We are safeguarded only by our irrelevance” it’s not just Lemmy. I’m thinking about the trans movement that progressed quietly without fanfare and the moment it was no longer “irrelevant “ for the majority it started getting massive pushback. Shocking how little it took to go from irrelevant to a danger to society.

[-] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago

same is for Linux.

everybody keeps advocating for linux; but i'm not a big fan of it. I'm worried that it will bring a ton of bullshit to the linux platform, and i don't like that.