Why Do Open Source Social Media Platforms Seem to Copy Each Other? Are There Any Truly Innovative Ones? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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I love to see the diversity of software increase. Once we clone all the major ones we can start innovating to the point where you have something completely new and bespoke and that will be really exciting

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This quote has me reflecting on the diversity of software, especially in the realm of open source social media platforms. It seems like many of them are just clones of popular ones, lacking true innovation. Why is this the case? Are there any open source social media platforms that are genuinely innovative and offer something unique?

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[-] kbal@fedia.io 1 points 10 hours ago

You opened with "I mean mbin is just Reddit + Twitter" which is just ridiculous. However important the precise nature of the algorithms used to generate users' feeds might be (mine shows only things I follow and is sorted by "new" most of the time), such qualities as being decentralized, standards-based, openly interoperable, and advertising-free are more so.

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 10 hours ago

I was arguing against "Mbin is not quite like anything else". assuming Lemmy is a copy of Reddit, Mbin is a copy of (Reddit + Twitter). to be more precise I can also say it's just Lemmy + Mastodon.

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