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@[email protected] ironically this is actually something that NFT bros and the "blockchain" have solved: identity WITHOUT central authority.
But the blockchain has so much garbage and inefficiency attached to it, that I hope it doesnt integrate to the fediverse.
@[email protected] I agree. I think this is a weakness of the ActivityPub Specification, the common "language" that the fediverse uses to talk to eachother.
But in THEORY, someone could make a service that sends a message to all your followers, saying: "Jon Juarez just switched platforms to another fediverse platform. Do you want to follow him there?"
Consent is the key 🔑, and it's hard to do when there's no central account service who controls all accounts.
@[email protected]
You can export who *you* follow, but you can't force your followers to start following a new account on another platform. They are "lost" in the move.
Why? Because the new platform can't confirm that your followers *actually* follow you: this could be ripe for abuse. (I think this is an inherent weakness in desentralized accounts).
BUT
You CAN do this if the other site is a Mastodon Instance. Moving followers from [email protected] to [email protected] is possible.
@welshpixie @[email protected] @denmanrooke @Sylvhem You're right: I can totally start my own server and connect it to the fediverse, devoid of crypto funding.
But "normal" people aren't going to do that.
They're gonna see who funds Mastodon, "the flagship of the Fediverse", and decide that it looks like the dark-web, funded by nasty sources, and forever be put off by it.
They won't know better.
It's a PR problem, not a Tech problem.
@welshpixie @BlurTheFur @[email protected] @foervraengd @Sylvhem I agree to some extent, but the Mastodon gGmbH Company is taking money from these sources. I think it's fair to say that as Mastodon grows and becomes more successful, that visibility for sponsors increases.
It's not live ads, but it IS official endorsement and affiliation.
Mastodon should be good, not the lesser of two evils.
And Mastodon gGmbH is the main decision maker for the future of the software. They care the most.
@welshpixie @[email protected] @Sylvhem
If I want to invite friends to use Mastodon, I don't want to include the caveat "ignore the crypto and gambling stuff, they're just sponsors".
This is not an inviting message.
Where money comes from is important.
@welshpixie @[email protected] @Sylvhem
The way I see it, the "joinmastodon" page represents ALL of Mastodon, not just mastodon.social.
It's not "mastodon.social" instance being sponsored, it's the main development being sponsored. 😬
@[email protected] @foervraengd @welshpixie @Sylvhem just to chime in:
Some users on Twitter don't see ads on profiles, but most of us do.
It's part of twitter's A | B testing. My girlfriend doesn't get ads on twitter, but I do.
