Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

I think this article does a good job of laying out the problem even if it only hints at possible solutions. Here's a clip: " Buying something you can't afford, and borrowing from organizations that don't have your (or your customers') best interest at heart, is the business plan of most internet startups. It's why our digital services and social networks in 2019 are a garbage fire." Quite so. But if the VC model isn't working, what will? Self-payment?  The IndieWeb, or "products of IndieWeb thinking" like Micro.blog? Or "are these approaches mere whistling against a hurricane?"

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