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This week, the Catholic Church wrote one of the better diagnoses of why decentralised social networks keep struggling.

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[–] Jayjader@jlai.lu 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Solid conclusion! I had seen headlines but never actually read excerpts of the Pope's encyclical. Much to your article's point, I suspect, I never would have expected the head of the Catholic church to produce writing and arguments so relevant to the current state of the fedi.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 week ago

I read a fair bit of it, and I was surprised to see so many of the talking points I hear from some of the techy/sciencey people I most respect, just with a religious coat of paint. He's clearly got some pretty clued up people advising him, and is wise enough to listen

[–] M1k3y@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 week ago

Kinda funny seeing the pope promoting decentralized systems, with the catholcatholic church being one of the most centralized hirachical systems.

[–] eyesaremosaics@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I thought the pope was talking about Defenestration, sorely disappointed

The church should keep its concerns strictly supporting orphans and windows--I mean widows.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago
[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone -3 points 1 week ago

Good lord stop glazing this man