How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) écrit par Ploum, Lionel Dricot, ingénieur, écrivain de science-fiction, développeur de logiciels libres.

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/719121

This blog post by Ploum, who was part of the original XMPP efforts long ago, describes how Google killed one great federated service, which shows why the Fediverse must not give Meta the chance

  • nomadjoanne@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Do you think a low barrier to entry would be a good thing though? I feel as though that would invite politics, censorships, free speech discussions and the like into the Fediverse.

    Normies, culturally, will still be normies. I know various fandom subcultures have suffered sad fates like this.

    I don’t know, I think a usability/freedom balance needs to be delicately handled.