Comment on Discord's Disturbing Ties to Global Surveillance | ID Verification, Palantir, & Thiel

• hoppolito@mander.xyz ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Relying too heavily on one option is what got us into this mess.

  I agree with the sentiment but still feel the need to point out: specifically, relying heavily on one proprietary, non-federated option is what did it.

  Open software with an established, open protocol (yes, even one as bloated as Matrix) has way less eggs-in-basket danger. The difficulty, last I checked, of self-hosting stoat is one thing that makes me a little wary of it too.

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  • november@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah, that’s a valid point.

    I like that Stoat is self-hostable, but the lack of federation or even a way to sign in to multiple different instances in the same app makes me not even want to try. Why should I self-host something when everyone else is going to be on the flagship instance, which mine can’t talk to?

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• PacMan@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I will check that one out! Currently evaluating a bunch of self hosting options right now

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