I used to think that there would be 1, main ‘Fediverse’ with all of the ‘big instances’ connected to each other. The recent Threads debacle has shown me otherwise.
The point of the Fediverse is that there is no one single entity, or group of entities, dominating it all.
Right now it feels like whatever the big instances do, we kind of have to go along with to be a part of anything. As the Fediverse grows, there will be more options to suit different types of users.
I think it’s fine if big instances choose not to federate with Threads. That will just create incentive for people to join other instances that do if that’s what they want. It’s not like defederating means being cut out of the Fediverse, that’s not possible.
Great design. I’m eager to see how it plays out.
mateomaui@reddthat.com 10 months ago
The most reasonable solution I’ve seen so far, from the pixelfed and pixelfed.social creator
mastodon.social/@dansup/111617703110836835
breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Not the solution I was hoping for but it’s an extremely reasonable compromise. I’ve never heard of selective authorized fetch. Pretty sure he just invented it.
mateomaui@reddthat.com 10 months ago
FOSS ingenuity at work. All it needs is adaptation and adoption.
Fizz@lemmy.nz 10 months ago
That’s a good solution. Keeps the all feed clear of threads content while allowing users to opt in
skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 10 months ago
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 10 months ago
I’m pro federate, but honestly, this seems fair.
mateomaui@reddthat.com 10 months ago
All true, and making this a feature would simply be implementing the inverse of the new capability… overriding an instance level block instead of imposing one not already at the server level.
Masimatutu@mander.xyz 10 months ago
Jerry Bell did it first!
infosec.exchange/@jerry/111591446262881196
mateomaui@reddthat.com 10 months ago
Good to see more reasonable people in all of this.
DharmaCurious@startrek.website 10 months ago
Did Dan ever get the messaging service Sup going? Tried to look it up, but his name being Dansup is throwing a wrench in my Googlefu.
breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
@supapp@pixelfed.social
Releasing in beta soon!