cross-posted from: https://hachyderm.io/users/maegul/statuses/111820598712013429

Is decentralised federated social media over engineered?

Can’t get this brain fart out of my head.

What would the simplest, FOSS, alternative look like and would it be worth it?

Quick thoughts:

* FOSS platforms intended to be big single servers, but dedicated to …
* Shared/Single Sign On
* Easy cross posting
* Enabling and building universal Multi-platform clients.
* Unlike email, supporting small servers

No duplication/federation/protocol required, just software.

#fediverse
@fediverse

  • @ryathal@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    0•1 year ago

    The fediverse isn’t over engineered, it’s just not quite focused on the right aspects. A federated social network needs to be more like a block chain, where the content is centralized, and the instances (miners) are decentralized. The content is the important part, and with everything being tied to an instance, it makes the content harder to access. You have instances defederating, going down, closing, and version conflicts, all that makes it harder for a network to gain traction.

    • maegul (he/they)OPEnglish
      0•1 year ago

      Sounds like you’re describing BlueSky there. Have you looked into it?

      Unless you’re talking about something more nostr/web3.0?

      • @sir_reginald@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        bluesky depends on one single entity. they promised a lot about their protocol, but they have yet to show that other instances other than the official one can operate in a fully independent manner.

        • maegul (he/they)OPEnglish
          1•1 year ago

          I was under the impression that it’s clear that additional relays can work within their system? Have they not setup anything in the protocol for how that’d work?

    • @blue_berry@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6•1 year ago

      You are describing a different thing than what the idea of the fediverse is. Content is collected at an instance and these instances federate. That’s why its called Fediverse: people basically form groups, these group federate. It’s a social thing, there is trust involved. With blockchain, the idea is that you don’t need to trust a central entity.

      I think you talk about something like nostr.

      • @ryathal@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        It doesn’t need to have the full trustless or buring energy for fun, but it does need to be resilient against instances going down, which currently isn’t the case.