I love to see the diversity of software increase. Once we clone all the major ones we can start innovating to the point where you have something completely new and bespoke and that will be really exciting
This quote has me reflecting on the diversity of software, especially in the realm of open source social media platforms. It seems like many of them are just clones of popular ones, lacking true innovation. Why is this the case? Are there any open source social media platforms that are genuinely innovative and offer something unique?
There are new ones being made, they just don’t have as easy of a time catching on as an alternative to a popular thing that already caught on. It is a lot easier to get traction when people are familiar with the concept.
It is like how tons of songs and movies and art gets made, but the popular stuff tends to lead to similar stuff also becoming popular.