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[-] waigl@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago

It's odysee, a frontend to lbry, a sort-of decentralized alternative to Youtube. Which seems very enticing, because an alternative to Youtube is badly needed.

Unfortunately, at the moment it is completely overrun by religious nutjobs, Nazis and other assorted scum. It is not by its nature an alt-right service, but it does attract all those who would be banned anywhere else.

[-] Auli@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 years ago

It is whoever uses it the most. If it gets overrun by alt right people it is an alt right service.

[-] coriza@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

Cue in the obligatory "This is a Nazi bar now" reference: https://x.com/Iron_Spike/status/1646817528482770944?s=20

[-] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Unfortunately alt-right crypto weirdos have coopted the term "decentralised", and so it is with this site. It's a crypto-based... video... hosting... platform? I cannot for the life of me figure out how it works other than that it mines crypto in the background while you have the site open and if you have an account, you get a cut of the crypto you mined.

I have tried looking into it, but they don't explain anywhere in their promo materials, it's literally just "earn while you watch!", which... yeah no thanks. I've been on the internet and paying attention for more than 5 minutes, I know that grift when I see it.

"Decentralised" isn't enough, you need a way to ban people that is also decentralised, and that's where federation comes in.

I don't know if they're eventually going to coopt "federation". I wonder if that's the ultimate test of a social technology - if it can be coopted by reactionaries. The less able they are to do so, the better it is.

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