• Nepenthe@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, it’s expected to take pride in something like that only because it’s been us vs them for almost as long as the internet has been around. Now we can all access everything everyone else can access (hi from kbin!), so there functionally IS no “them.”

      I’ve been trying a lot to shift my own mindset because not only is it just…making another reddit situation if we put all of our eggs in one basket, being competitive about someone else’s instance is literally the same as being mad at someone because their phone uses a different area code. You might get a general idea about them if they have one that’s well known, but culture is the only difference between any of us. And with federation, even that may not stand the test of time.

      • LUHG@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        True but lemmy.world is being donted to pretty well. He runs a mastodon instance also.

        • lanolinoil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 year ago

          It was tongue in cheek but seems like a weakness in the federation model unless I miss something.

          I look forward to the Lemmy wars. I hope we get a good 5 years before the opportunists figure it out and start exploiting the ‘power’ that will come with who can federate with you.

          • LUHG@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            1 year ago

            That’s a good point. Guess we’ll have reputation for instances at some point. A chart showing all the defederations.