As criticism of Instagram, TikTok and X grows in the EU, developers have been working on European social media apps. But can they compete? DW answers the key questions.
There is a difference between decentralisation and not talking to each other.
The Fediverse is dezentralisation. Multiple platforms hosted on myriads of servers that all can talk to each other and each platform’s and server’s userbase accumulates.
When a third of Twitter’s users switch to Bluesky, another third to Eurosky and the last third to W Social, it means users on either platform now only can talk to a third of the people they could reach before.
There is a difference between decentralisation and not talking to each other.
The Fediverse is dezentralisation. Multiple platforms hosted on myriads of servers that all can talk to each other and each platform’s and server’s userbase accumulates.
When a third of Twitter’s users switch to Bluesky, another third to Eurosky and the last third to W Social, it means users on either platform now only can talk to a third of the people they could reach before.
I get that as well. There are advantages to not having the entire world be a part of your group. It’s not pointless.
But you don’t need to have everyone on separated plattforms to not have the entire world be part of your group.