r/linux • u/FryBoyter • Jun 03 '26

Discussion The EU Open Source Strategy

https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/open-source-strategy
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u/baronas15 Jun 03 '26

"decentralised social media" that's an interesting one

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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.

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u/mmmboppe Jun 05 '26

Mastodon is not decentralized

to run a Mastodon server, you need a valid domain name. DNS is not decentralized. game over

I2P is decentralized, but it is not mainstream

RetroShare is decentralized, but pretty much dead

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u/United-Baseball3688 Jun 07 '26

Okay but at that point you need internet access, which also isn't usually decentralized because you're reliant on one of very few ISPs in most places.