I still think it’s a good thing. Fediverse still hasn’t solved the moderation issues, and from what I’ve heard moderating a social network with tens of millions of users is a nightmare, even without considering the possible legal problems that would arise for instance owners.
Also, based on the little I know about ActivityPub, it would be pretty easy to monetize and exploit. Since everything gets sent everywhere, having an instance that simply gathers data to sell wouldn’t be much of an problem - or rather, due to the nature of how instances work, you have to agree with your data being sent to other servers, and if those in turn gather and sell the data, wouldn’t the blame fall upon the instance owners, that they did not disclose it? Tbh I have no idea how would the GDPR/etc laws work in this case, but I bet they are not ready for this federated case.
Fediverse has also been a really good filter for content, thanks to it’s relative niche. As of now, someone who choses fediverse instead of other platforms seems to match my values and outlook on digital life, and I’m more interested in content they produce, be it on Mastodon or here. It’s also why I don’t mind there not being any kind of algorithms for content feeds.
If people started flooding the fediverse, it would bring with it so many problems that would basically ruin it, due to legislative issues, content moderation, and more.
I really would like the emphasis to be on individual power. blocking, subscribing, maybe in between states like trust cafe does along with being able to subscribe to blocklists. I would like moderators to be replaced by people putting out blocklists. I can still see instance moderation to deal with laws and simply the philosophy of the instance provider. would love community tagging or something so you could look at all communities about table top rpgs or video games or such and block the same if you don’t like sports or memes or religion or such.
I still think it’s a good thing. Fediverse still hasn’t solved the moderation issues, and from what I’ve heard moderating a social network with tens of millions of users is a nightmare, even without considering the possible legal problems that would arise for instance owners.
Also, based on the little I know about ActivityPub, it would be pretty easy to monetize and exploit. Since everything gets sent everywhere, having an instance that simply gathers data to sell wouldn’t be much of an problem - or rather, due to the nature of how instances work, you have to agree with your data being sent to other servers, and if those in turn gather and sell the data, wouldn’t the blame fall upon the instance owners, that they did not disclose it? Tbh I have no idea how would the GDPR/etc laws work in this case, but I bet they are not ready for this federated case.
Fediverse has also been a really good filter for content, thanks to it’s relative niche. As of now, someone who choses fediverse instead of other platforms seems to match my values and outlook on digital life, and I’m more interested in content they produce, be it on Mastodon or here. It’s also why I don’t mind there not being any kind of algorithms for content feeds.
If people started flooding the fediverse, it would bring with it so many problems that would basically ruin it, due to legislative issues, content moderation, and more.
So, as far as I’m considered, it’s good.
I really would like the emphasis to be on individual power. blocking, subscribing, maybe in between states like trust cafe does along with being able to subscribe to blocklists. I would like moderators to be replaced by people putting out blocklists. I can still see instance moderation to deal with laws and simply the philosophy of the instance provider. would love community tagging or something so you could look at all communities about table top rpgs or video games or such and block the same if you don’t like sports or memes or religion or such.