Is it federated? The article on Wikipedia makes it sound like another walled garden, just with different people in control.
The founder created something new because there was "no alternative" to Big Tech social platforms? That's blatant nonsense.
Federated services have existed many years longer than UpScrolled.
The founder created something new that they could control. If they were truly unaware of federated platforms, they're too clueless to run anything.
Stuart J. Whitmore
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2026-01-30 01:46:34 UTC
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