Yes, of course. Discussing this in the community can still provide insight and context. This is basically just a somewhat polemic reminder that critical evaluation of sources is still required both of the people asking and giving input.

Can someone actually check this, I am skeptical.

Do you think the average Lemmy user has a high-tech lab in their backyard? Nature is one of the most prestigious science magazines, the average Lemmy user will have little to no qualification. And if they do, the only way for you to judge whether the information they give you is correct would require the same skillset as figuring out whether the article is legit. I don’t understand how you think this will lead to anything other than a downgrade of information.

I don’t really think you’re getting your point across very well. After reading your post, I don’t really understand WHY you think the fediverse is flawed and I also don’t really understand what your solution/alternative vision to that is supposed to look like.

This community is about green and not capitalism, consumerism, monopolies etc pp. I did explained the major issue

Yes, you were talking about it in broader terms (and are continuing in your post to talk about it). So you can hardly criticize me for also taking a bigger picture view without strawmanning.

there is no one who actually tried to workaround this, because the system is considerable new…

There are literally hundreds of cryptocurrency projects, many claiming to solve the issues other cryptos have

We need to get rid of traditional banking, improve the blockchain process and find a way to block mining, then we are much more efficient than traditional banking because you can easily do thousand transactions within milliseconds without depending on external middle mans.

Yes, if we just eliminate all the flaws of crypto, crypto is the perfect currency. Just like if we eliminate all the flaws of capitalism, it’s the perfect system.

Sorry for the cynicism, but I just don’t think statements like that say very much without pointing at least in a vague direction that shows HOW it might become feasible.

If I’m not mistaken, those things aren’t just search engines, they are gif hosting platforms. So as long as someone doesn’t chip in to shoulder the server costs, just making a foss search function isn’t exactly gonna get you very far.

I think Mastodon deserves a special mention, simply because I feel it has a comparably big userbase compared to most alternative networks and it’s a well working twitter alternative with some genuine improvements over the “original” thing.

Easiest way for the US army to go net zero is to cease existing.

Seems pretty cool, but not what I would have expected from the term “community wealth sharing platform”.

Because to claim that real world systems come even close to being a meritocracy is an illusion. You can’t fix systemic inequalities and discrimination without, well, addressing them.

This could bring an influx of new users to Linux, which would be a boost for the open source operating system, though it’s likely that any distro the Chinese government uses would be heavily modified and restricted.

On paper, this could be good news for Linux. However, any OS the Chinese government uses will likely be heavily regulated and censored, which is contrary to what the Linux and open source communities stand for.

Seems like the tangible benefits for the linux and open source community expected from that might be somewhat limited. Maybe some gov workers will switch to linux privately and maybe the gov might end up funding some projects, but they probably won’t contribute to the open source community directly.

Pretty sure Bitcoin is uniquely bad. The whole blockchain mechanisms revolves around solving ever more complex equations, which at this point requires dedicated high-powered hardware that sucks up tons of energy. Highly watched Youtubers might get lots of internet connections too, but those can and usually are somewhat optimized for efficiencym Bitcoin has exponentially growing inefficiency baked into its protocol.

I think gatekeeping like yours hurts the community significantly more.

That’s my understanding. You can decrease it, significantly, but not entirely. But the same goes for the web in general. Hard to completely bock all tracking and such too while still interacting meaningfully. So unless you’re a die-hard fanatic and willing to suffer a lot of inconveniences, good enough will have to be, well, good enough for most of us.

Depends on what you consider “enough”. Even “degoogling” it in most instances won’t entirely get rid of proprietary code and reliance on some google services. It’s a trade-off.

I’d say the most private would probably a Purism Librem with Pinephone being second place. Both of those come with their own caveats.

I think Graphene also puts a high focus on security for which, if you’re using android, the Pixel phones offer the best platform. You could also go with the /e/ android operating system if your focus is on de-googling while sticking to android.

How are you gonna stop rightwingers from owning a fricken computer?

Yeah, adoption of Peertube is just so low that all instances that federate liberally will have this nonsense displayed prominently because it gets comparably many views. That those instances are also listed on joinpeertube.org is unfortunate, but at least the federated nature of Peertube means that assuming the maintainers of joinpeertube are aware of the issue and refuse to do something about it, people can still make an effort to build up an alternative launching point for people looking for instances.

NewPipe does that.

Always gonna be someone complaining, eh?

Of course the point that ideally the root of the problem should be addressed is correct. But in the end the trash in the ocean still has to be cleaned up somehow. And the scenario drawn up here that engaging with TeamSea is gonna cause people to disregard the problem for longer than otherwise, is entirely speculative and hypothetical. (It’s also somewhat disingenuous in that you can’t on the one hand claim TeamSeas is making so little of a difference it’s barely noticeable and then also claim having no TeamSeas would cause the problem to pile up and become pressing so much faster.) It could easily also be the other way around. Mr Beast and the other mainstream creators are reaching a huge audience, many of whom might only have a moderate awareness of the issue. And you need to have some awareness of the issue before you can come to realize that some attempts at solving the issue aren’t sufficient.

I think if he would have just left it at saying it’s a well-meaning effort but entirely unsufficient and these concrete measures would be better, it would be a meaningful and helpful contribution to the discourse. But the needless attempt to view it negatively beyond that is just fuel for the eternal nay-sayers and know-it-alls who like to feel smug about not getting involved because the think they know everything better.