Was reading one of my favorite articles again and then discovered, again, that @rysiek wrote it!

[weirdwriter@caneandable.social]

Was reading one of my favorite articles again and then discovered, again, that @rysiek wrote it! I'm the worst at remembering which Fedi people wrote my favorite thing, so it's always a happy surprise when I look them up and then it all clicks again! Ah yes, I remember this Fedi handle wrote this thing, but enjoy anyway! https://rys.io/en/177.html #Fediverse #Mastodon

[ljrk@todon.eu]

@WeirdWriter @rysiek

These two paragraphs struck me in particular:

> That’s in stark contrast to, say, Google+, which despite corporate backing, incomparably larger budget, and being pushed down people’s throats through forced integration with YouTube, survived mere seven years, nine months, and a week.

Because unfortunately Google probably doesn't see that as a problem. Or even as the Fedi winning. For them, longetivity doesn't matter, but peak user count.

> And once it shut down, it shut down. A social network of millions just blipped out of existence one day. All those moments – lost in time, like tears in rain.

This, too, for them is a good thing. No-one else can profit from "their" data.

This just makes it so crystal clear how the big one's interests aren't aligned with ours. Google+ wasn't really failing in their book, it had served its purpose and then ceased to do so. To us, this is loss. To Google this is just business.