Ben Pate 🤘🏻RE: https://mastodon.social/@eff/115996451312302984
Wouldn’t it be cool if you could send encrypted DM’s on the Fediverse BEFORE you could do it in Bluesky? #JustBetweenUs
william.maggosyes but I like #matrix...
it's complicated. I'd love the simplicity of one ID but I also think social media (public) and social networking (close community) need to be somewhat separate. old school twitter was a great example of the former vs the latter encompassing how we connect with family, friends and interest groups on Facebook. I'd argue phone calls and texting is social networking too.
anyway, the distinction matters for moderation. basically everybody vs just people I trust.
I’ll try to post some screenshots when I have them, so you can see where this is heading. I think the UX is critical for this to work right, and I think it will feel really smooth and natural when we roll this out.
I'm sure it will be great but I could also see approaching it by having server software and apps that did both AP and matrix.
I imagine the future being less about running an AP server than running a server for musicians that does AP but also simultaneously some new protocol that lets it be part of a decentralized Spotify etc. For most people, they probably don't want separate servers and apps for microblogging, pics, videos. etc.
Oh and maybe matrix replaces text, phone, zoom...