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Given the realities of network effects and the observed tendency for a small number of social media platforms to dominate the market, this doesn't sound particularly realistic. More choice would indeed be great, but I highly doubt that'll ever happen with a product/service whose entire value proposition depends on everyone choosing the same one.


We need governments to promote federation, so we can have both choice and network effects.

To bad there's far less money in federation---it's "moatlessness" ruins the business proposition---so I don't know who will pay for this lobbying.




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