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Wild so many creators are pouring their life’s work into these platforms instead of their personal website

Have tens of millions of engaged fans or just tens? Difficult choice.

Heard of POSSE? They could post on their websites and syndicate elsewhere. That way, I can access their content thru their website or RSS since I don’t have an Instagram.

LLMs are equalizing this. They use curl and Instagram has dark patterns to stop this. So if you ask a question in a specific niche, LLMs will prefer and refer to users who have their own website.

It’s the same reason popular YouTubers move to Patreon and Nebula once they get established. You never want to solely depend on a platform that can demonetize, or in this situation, take your handle.

Muse might’ve just sold it to them, TBH. I don’t see FB stripping them of it outright. This is not a small band afterall.

I'm old enough to remember when bands did everything on their own sites, complete with message boards. I _really_ miss that. Twitter is just a middle-man nobody wants when you're talking about artists.

If you're a band, your life's work is the music. The platform is just a communication channel.

Their website can provide the backbone for concerts, merch, DTC tix maybe? I’m sure the fans that are not on these platforms would appreciate.

...but they do? I don't really see what your point is.

https://www.muse.mu/

I get what you're saying, but the vast majority of people aren't going to bother going to someone's random website. I think the best you can do in this day and age is put your eggs into as many different baskets as possible, a personal website being included in that. That way, you can maximize eyes on your work and one platform suddenly losing popularity or going to crap doesn't ruin you.

I and others I know would. Granted we're not the vast majority, but my feeling is that people don't do it nowadays because they've been trained not to. If bands went back to their own sites, I'd say people would follow.

Muse released their 4th platinum album before Twitter was even founded. They poured their life's work into Twitter? That is ridiculous.

You’re right. I was more pointing to artists and creators after Muse that would have it a lot worse if they got their handle taken.

network effect.

Interoperability that POSSE and ATPROTO provide will free us from the network effect. You know what saves us from the network effect? Interoperability.

it's in big tech's advantage to not be interoperable. So we must push legislation to mandate it.

It really isn’t. No one is going to some randos website. Notice how this conversation is here instead of on Engadget itself, comments powered by openweb

Did you just call the band Muse "some rando"? Ummm, you may want to poke your head out of whatever hole you reside in. :)

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