How the Fediverse Can Break the Social Media Cycle

A few years ago, I published an essay about the Fediverse and the potential land grab by large corporations like Medium, Meta, and others. This was in response to the first wave of destruction Elon Musk unleashed on Twitter, prompting a massive exodus of users. These corporations aimed to capitalize on capturing those users for profit. Did it work? I’m not so sure. Medium is still running me.dm, but it has only 2,000 active users....

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Hello. I’m Tom. Dogs Love Me. I’m a Machine Learning/Data Scientist/Consultant, Civil Engineer, Photographer, and Writer. I like to pen #haiku, #gogyohka, and #micropoetry. I just got on Pexelfed, so I put my photos there now. I have several web properties where I post on and off too: The Weathered Publication From The Desk of Thomas Ott Neural Market Trends Medium This is just another place for my words, essays, and thoughts....