What do you think?
Mozilla expanding into social media feels like it will be walking a very delicate line regarding privacy. Things like Pocket have already been contentious enough.
They are putting a lot of emphasis on recommendation feeds and helping content publishers “build audiences”, and of course there will ultimately be some form of (so far unspoken) monetisation. Mozilla are only going get so far with that until they start wanting user data, data which will be so temptingly convenient when it’s tied to Mozilla accounts.
Chrome has already demonstrated the negative consequences of web browsers and web platforms becoming too intertwined. Maybe I’m just too cynical, but even with the best of intentions I’m not sure Mozilla can avoid the same fate here.
Because there is no other way for them to make money?
Other than advertising, begging, and selling your data, can you suggest a way for them to make money?
It’s been over several months since I’ve requested mozilla.social for my account, still getting no invitation link.
They lost me on
Consumers are hungry for a new way of social networking
Did they get you again with the rest of the sentence, oh Lemmy user?
where trust and safety are paramount and power isn’t centralized with a Big Tech CEO
Then again, I’m not sure people are hungry for that - most of them just want old Twitter back.
They don’t actually want any of the underlying issues to be resolved, they just want to feel relevant by screaming at each other in the void.
Those same people will keep wondering why every platform they use turns to bullshit
We’ve tried nothing and it still hasn’t worked!
Sorry, but… you’re HERE why? If you’re not hungry for a “new way,” the old ways are still there. Maybe go back to them.
First, Mozilla is just “joining” to something already existing. The aren’t inventing anything new and won’t revolutionize anything.
For starters, users will join the Mozilla.social instance with their Mozilla accounts.
It doesn’t look like a great idea privacy-wise, but who cares… I have already blocked the instance on my personal account, because fuck Mozilla.
For example, Mozilla is currently experimenting with a Discover feed that aims to surface engaging content. Over time, it plans to gather more signals from around the fediverse to determine what sort of content people are interacting with.
I’m not sure everybody would be happy that Mozilla is harvesting their social interaction. That’s what evil Google/FB usually do, right?
O’Hara says Mozilla is now in active discussions with publishers to understand their needs, including both their social needs and business needs, and how those goals may have changed over the past year. As part of these discussions, Mozilla aims to convince publishers that Mastodon isn’t just another place they have to support, but one that could deliver on their objectives. As it learns from the publishers and other content creators what they want and need, it then intends to use that understanding to build features and drive efforts that can help them reach their audiences.
Smells like corpo-bullshit, which in my opinion shouldn’t belong to the fediverse. But, again, who cares…
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I really appreciate the resentment for Mozilla of all things. It makes no sense whatsoever of course, but at least it’s colourful.
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