SoapDogOct 26, 2017

Hey #Fediverse, what is your thoughts on #decentralization technologies such as #ssb, #dat and #cjdns? I think that this #scuttlebot thing is kinda cool but I am thinking about how does it scales (as in how long does it take to .ssb to fill my drive)

Anyone also using it? Any interest in a multi-client for ssb and mastodon?

Show threadNolan LawsonOct 26, 2017
@soapdog I think stuff like #scuttlebutt and #rotonde are interesting, but I wonder how they would handle harassment/abuse. It seems to me very similar to having a single-user instance, i.e. you are your own admin and thus you're responsible for blocking/muting/moderating, which a lot of folks might not want to deal with.
Show threadSoapDogOct 27, 2017

@nolan you just touched a topic that had been circling here on my chaotic mind which is single person instances that become useful through federation. They should be easier to build and host than multi-account instances...

As for moderation maybe we could have an instance subscribe to the moderation rules of a collection of trusted instances. As in, in my single user instance, I follow toot.cafe moderation rules because I trust the admins. Maybe this works?

Show threadNolan Lawson
@soapdog Yep that sounds reasonable to me, except currently it's not baked into the software. I think eventually Mastodon will probably want some kind of system of federating blocklists (and also whitelist mode ala awoo.space). This stuff just doesn't scale; it's only working fine for the moment because the fediverse is still a bit niche.
Oct 27, 2017 at 1:52pmWeb