Comment by jarcane

> Start a site on Neocities, share photos on Pixelfed, or write your thoughts on Write.as — to name a few.

This would be a more convincing pitch if it didn't end with "now just use different centralized services that nobody uses".

We need protocols, not platform capitalism. We need easy self-hosting, not reliance on third-party middle men and rent-seekers.

I should be able to click an app on my computer and have my own web page running in seconds, that anyone can find and follow.

The fact we don't is how platforms like Facebook are able to dominate, and the even worse fact is this was deliberate.