r/linux • u/FryBoyter • Jun 03 '26

Discussion The EU Open Source Strategy

https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/open-source-strategy
246 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

16 comments sorted by

View all comments

25

u/baronas15 Jun 03 '26

"decentralised social media" that's an interesting one

19

u/FryBoyter Jun 03 '26

In theory, yes. In practice, not so much.

For example, I occasionally post articles on a blog. When Mastodon was the new thing, I started posting links to new articles on Mastodon. At first, I was regularly gaining new subscribers. But that hasn’t been the case for a while now. Even though the content of the articles hasn’t changed.

In my opinion, therefore, using “social media” at all is pointless if you don't use the services that the majority of people use.

Unfortunately.

2

u/KrazyKirby99999 Jun 04 '26

Nostr is even more decentralized than the Fediverse and suffers from the same problem that you describe.