Public Firehose Project Shutters After Backlash (wedistribute.org)

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FediOnFire, a Fediverse project similar to Firesky, which offers an IRC-like view of the global firehose, has shut down after a misunderstanding led to community backlash.

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[-] Kichae@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago

The fediverse is "the internet". Like, in conception, it's taking everything that's publicly available on the internet and making it auto-mirrorable-at-request.

So yes, on some fundamental level, it's a shit show. Because the internet is the worst of us.