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Blaze@piefed.zip 3 weeks agoThat said, at a quick glance it does still look like the way to replace it is to use a different instance’s community listing? (lemmy.world, lemmy.zip, whatever) Which is still a trend towards “centralization” - even if configurable now as to which source of bias the instance admins chooses?
At some point, you have to refer to an existing instance.
Lemmy.today’s blocklist is empty, that one could be used for people who want to avoid all bias.
OpenStars@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
I meant that choosing to implement the algorithm to refer to a singular instance is a step towards rather than away from “centralization”. Other algorithms could be envisioned such as pulling from all instances that are federated with the newly created instance - although I don’t know the ordering of steps so that specific solution may not be viable, so I only meant it as a (possibly very bad) illustration of such a concept that would implement a more decentralized ideal.
Blaze@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
Seems over complex to be honest. As long as the choice is configurable, it seems fine