DiaDemiEmi

DiaDemiEmi, 11 months ago

@mods Isn't it a good thing that companies are getting into federation? I get choosing to block corporate instances if you don't want to be associated with it. But I'd rather have platforms all use a protocol that allows for cross-communication than vendor lock in on chat apps.

There's definitely the danger of them introducing features that won't be open sourced, but I feel like there should be pushback against that, but not against the first step to a company announcing federation. Where is anything related to the mentioned NDAs said?

Of course, fuck Meta and all huge corporate entities. But to me an internet where at least the big sites can federate with each other sounds a whole lot better than the walled gardens we've got right now. I see it as a small step in the right direction, it'll have downsides for now, but I feel it's a necessary step to bringing back the decentralised internet.

DiaDemiEmi, 11 months ago

@nanianmichaels @mods I don't think it's feasible in the near future to achieve a fully decentralised internet. But I think this is at least a good step. If that platform is federated that at least means you have the choice to still contact people on it without using the platform.

It's like if Protonmail blocked all Gmail addresses. Sure that's an act of protest against the very centralised email. But at the end of the day it doesn't change anything, most people are going to use what's popular, whether that's good or not. No one is going to not use Meta's new app because some Mastodon instances decided to block federation.
All it does is block the instance off from a large amount of people that will use the app. I feel like that's not a positive thing. There will definitely be issues with a large corporate owned instance like that, but it's a step towards more corporate platforms being federated. And when everyone is federated, the opportunity for equal ground for every instance will arise again

DiaDemiEmi, 11 months ago

@nanianmichaels @mods I just think instead of immediately promising to block it it's better to work around it. It's a fact it will federate, we should make the best of that to try to build the decentralised internet. In my opinion this just feels like putting your head in the sand and pretending outside influences don't exist. Blocking that potential instance won't solve the core problem of the internet being too centralised, it'll make it worse by alienating users.

You're free to disagree and maybe I'm too optimistic in this, but I think it's better to approach this with an open mind until definitive proof comes that this will cause damage to the fediverse, but I see this as a potentially good thing. If companies want to join the fediverse that means they see profit in it. That's not necessarily a bad thing, it could also mean that they notice how they can't forever keep up the walled gardens of their current platforms.

DiaDemiEmi, 11 months ago

THEY FUCKING DISQUALIFIED ME FOR BEING ON LINUX (on an exam about linux mind you) FOR A BROWSER BASED EXAM!??!?!