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[–]JasonCarswellMental Orgy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Wikipedia censors all sorts of stuff and offers the "official narrative" - as if there's only one. All the others do in their own way too. We need defenses against this. Even if you're not open source and are for profit, you can play a role against the abusive exploitative corporatocracy.

Another thing you might consider doing is simultaneously archiving a snapshot of every image, phrase, post, media, etc. Not only are more archiving options better than fewer, a local archive might speed up service and other performance things (searches, metadata, etc). Most of the archive won't be changed remaining simple and static. But a tool that alerted you to changes, modifications, deletions, etc. THAT would be very valuable for calling out deception, etc.

Maybe not for today or next year, but if you build the architecture today for it one day, maybe it could be a game changer, or just a handy piece of the game.

The problem with common centralized infrastructure is that it's an easy target for trolls or the powers that be. Maybe keep opensource in your back pocket as a desperate measures tool. The difference between capitalist ownership and opensource ownership is integrity - and integrity is something you can't buy, no matter how hard Microsoft is trying. They've bought GitHub and they're infiltrating Linux - but they haven't bought integrity. Eventually all that git is going to squeeze out between their fingers when they tighten their fist.

Integrity is authentic authority, earned through valued expertise - not through the monopoly of violence of illegitimate "authority", the police, the courts, the law, the jails, the military, and the influence of money.

Going opensource would buy you more integrity that you can imagine - especially if you have a great product and/or a great community. Openness need not be limited to code. You could 100% open all your books, transactions, etc. People could see how it comes and goes. They would see the sacrifices and gains. They may be critical and even want some say, but you need only open up as much as you want. A roadmap with goals would help. Not all democracy is good nor bad.