Piefed, Mbin and Lemmy aren't necessarily aggressively competing like X and Bluesky are. It's moreso friendly cooperation. Sure, if the fediverse was a bit more commercialised, you'd have competition. But it would be fairer competition based on how good your Software and ethics are and not on who else is also using the app.

1y ago

How is federated social media better?

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HM King Charles III DG FD @feddit.uk 1y ago

New platforms can set up shop and already have an existing userbase/contentbase to show. The main issue with setting up, let's say, an Instagram competitor, is that nobody uses it, so nobody will use it as it lacks content. ActivityPub removes this problem. If someone wanted to set up their own competitor to Mastodon, they can. People can use it and tap into the existing userbase.

1y ago

[Sephko] ZORORO

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HM King Charles III DG FD @feddit.uk 1y ago

As long as Christians should share their faith and create new disciples, that's fine. Other commenters seemed to say that we shouldn't, though. And your comment did come across as "look at me, I can meet your atheistic standard, too!"

1y ago

[Sephko] ZORORO

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HM King Charles III DG FD @feddit.uk 1y ago

Good works apart from faith don't make you saved.

Ephesians 2:8-9

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

It's not being a good person that saves you.

Acts 16:31

And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

Matthew 7:22-23

On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

James 2:18-22

But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder! Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works;

What love is it to let someone wander into Hell? That's not loving at all! Yes, we should be good people and do good and show our faith by it, and share our faith in a calm and respectful manner- not soapboxing on a street. But we should still share our faith.

1y ago

[Sephko] ZORORO

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HM King Charles III DG FD @feddit.uk 1y ago

Matthew 28:18-20

And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Stop trying to pander your beliefs towards atheists and unbelievers who want nothing to do with God. They aren't our authority

1y ago

Threads is adding fediverse content to your social feeds

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HM King Charles III DG FD @feddit.uk 1y ago

The most they can do is add a load of more users to the fediverse then take them away again. For them to successfully EEE the fediverse, it would require convincing existing fediverse users to switch to threads. I cannot see that happening on here on any noticeable scale.

If anything, Bluesky is the bigger threat as it touts itself as "decentralised" in order to gain users who would have otherwise gone to Mastodon, then easily pull the plug.