Social media impartiality I love the Verge and especially the Vergecast Podcast. They explore great topics and do fantastic reporting. They make great content. I like that they are really pushing for an evolution in decentralised social media. But I'm getting the sense that they are ActivityPub shills. Now when ActivityPub crops up I find myself questioning their motives. They borderline ridicule the user bases of competing protocols. Sure poking a bit of fun can be ok, but recently it feels very one sided. I don't like that feeling.
I don't mind them having their own opinions at all but given the influence they have I wish they were a bit more impartial. I know there's the old saying that 1 way to do things is better than many competing ways, but I'm ok with there being several social media protocols, in fact I think it might even be a wise way to proceed in this case.
I wish they would choose at least one other of the big contenders and really get behind it. Whether it's Bluesky's AT protocol or Nostr or even RSS or something else, they all have some great features. I think their coverage would be a lot better for it. Right now it's like they're all Windows fan boys. #