Post #2986605

2023-05-11 09:08 UTC

@Setok@attractive.space imho the crucial issue is that somehow on #Fediverse is now rooted the idea that growth and federation is an aut-aut pair. #Mastodon sees centralisation as the only way to go to make the software accessible, which it does, but also exposes a huge chunk of Fediverse to the risk of private capitalisation (which is just a matter of time I think). On the other hand, many interesting projects are developing amazing softwares and spaces that make the federation work beautifully, except that a normal Twitter/Instagram/Facebook user would be totally lost, and also communities here tend to be kinda judgmental as if tech ignorance were a sin and not a matter of chance or even absence of privilege. The good implication is that federation is now a topic becoming crucial in the world of social networks. But unfortunately it seems like, as usual, billionaires will get to dictate their view about this

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@Setok@attractive.space 2023-05-11 09:14

@fdrc_ck@calckey.social I personally view federation as a great opportunity for growth: it means people can create different types of models, businesses and instances, and still be part of the greater universe. That fosters innovation. At the same time those need to make it easy to be successful. I think the more centralised signup makes sense: those who care can find other instances. Those who just want to give it a go will pop on mastodon.social.

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@Setok@attractive.space 2023-05-11 09:17

@fdrc_ck@calckey.social what would be great was if AppStore install could be parameterised so that an instance could link to the app, but have it default to signing up to their instance. In theory this may be possible through the use of cookies and an embedded webview. Or perhaps affiliate linking.

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