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The Slow Fedi Movement: Toward a Green, Independent, and Equitable Fediverse (thedabbler.patatas.ca)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The Fediverse - especially the microblogging side of it - has deep issues when it comes to environmental sustainability.

And the high resource requirements, which result from an incredible level of redundancy, aren't just bad environmentally: they make running a server more costly, and increase our reliance on Big Tech's infrastructure.

I wrote about all this, along with some suggestions for how we can improve things somewhat.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I agree that we should reduce energy consumption wherever possible, but we also need to look at the big picture. The entire fediverse is just a tiny fraction of the energy consumption of the internet. Way more energy is needed for AI and other big tech bullshit.

I recommend watching this awesome video, as well as the updated version of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-6la_I-xkQ

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