auerbachApr 4, 2017

The federation/migration problem in mastodon seems very important. My broader thought: SMTP/NNTP/etc. thrived because of a set of trusted entities (govt/uni) that could reliably run federated servers. My choice of server is going to be based on which one is most likely to be up and running years in the future.

Who should those entities be today?

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I bet someone has already proposed using blockchain to enforce global username uniqueness, so that accountnames aren't tied to an instance. Am I right?
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I worked on instant messaging federation for a time back in the day. Check out the history of xmpp (and Google/Pidgin) if you want to see things NOT working out for attempted federation.

Unfortunately, all the easy solutions I can think of begin, "Assuming the triumph of global anarcho-syndicalism..."

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@auerbach Well, I mean, it's still there, and Conversations is a _really_ nice client for Android... It lost a huge userbase when Google abandonded it, but it's still being worked on, still getting better, and all that.
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