DHS has issued hundreds of subpoenas to major online platforms to obtain the names, email addresses, and phone numbers of accountholders who criticize ICE.
Yeah but is the value in the service or the userbase and the data though?
When instances are going down that is at risk and the current federated model isn’t helping that much. Look at lemmynsfw and the other community that went down no so long ago.
Data portability and user migration isn’t so much more evident here quite yet.
Oh yeah, the federated social media software isn’t perfect, I agree.
However, by leaving these giant advertising companies and data silos who side-hustle as a ad-ridden social media sites, we blunt that power which is being used to pour propaganda and misinformation into democratic systems around the world at the whim of a few individuals.
I’ll take some lost data, deleted instances and migration difficulties in exchange.
My idea would be a completely peer to peer system with the possibility of allowing your data to be cached to servers (so your phone isn’t serving a viral video to 10,000,000 viewers, for example) that you choose/own/rent.
Even instances are vulnerable, probably moreso in some areas. For example, if someone bribed the owner of this instance to allow for them to insert malware payloads into the site’s javascript it would be much harder to detect than if Facebook did the same (less eyes on the problem).
It does save us from The Algorithm and the resulting propaganda, so it’s a positive step imo… but you’re right that it needs improvement.
Yeah but is the value in the service or the userbase and the data though?
When instances are going down that is at risk and the current federated model isn’t helping that much. Look at lemmynsfw and the other community that went down no so long ago.
Data portability and user migration isn’t so much more evident here quite yet.
Better sure but not perfect.
Oh yeah, the federated social media software isn’t perfect, I agree.
However, by leaving these giant advertising companies and data silos who side-hustle as a ad-ridden social media sites, we blunt that power which is being used to pour propaganda and misinformation into democratic systems around the world at the whim of a few individuals.
I’ll take some lost data, deleted instances and migration difficulties in exchange.
On that we agree: we must get rid way from those companies. And if possible get more of the general public to join us here.
I would love to see the fediverse being improved along my lines though. That would only improve it, its appeal and overall reliance.
My idea would be a completely peer to peer system with the possibility of allowing your data to be cached to servers (so your phone isn’t serving a viral video to 10,000,000 viewers, for example) that you choose/own/rent.
Even instances are vulnerable, probably moreso in some areas. For example, if someone bribed the owner of this instance to allow for them to insert malware payloads into the site’s javascript it would be much harder to detect than if Facebook did the same (less eyes on the problem).
It does save us from The Algorithm and the resulting propaganda, so it’s a positive step imo… but you’re right that it needs improvement.