Ferkv
No user record in our sample, but Ferkv has activity below (stories or comments). Likely we have partial data — the full bulk-load will fill profiles in.
No user record in our sample, but Ferkv has activity below (stories or comments). Likely we have partial data — the full bulk-load will fill profiles in.
> Nobody wants to choose a server. We just want reddit without the bullshit. * If you choose reddit you are choosing reddit's server. * If you choose ycombinator, you are choosing ycombinator's server. * If you choose…
> if they had just proxied cached versions of the most popular instances through a single larger server. I mean, isn't any instance in the federation already offering a proxied cache of the content of all other…
> most instances allow individual users to follow individual users on another "blocked" instance - its usually just promotion/sharing & discovery that are restricted. If they are still allowing access to all forms of…
If the protocol is designed in such a way that it allows the operators of one instance to have full control over what some user identities can access to in the whole network, then it's an issue in the protocol. Imho,…
> the main challenge there is not the spec but getting buying from at least Mastodon Which is why promoting a new competing and incompatible protocol is a good way to push for change. You want Microsoft to become more…
User Identity in ATProto is decentralized, it's meant to use W3C DIDs. That's actually one of the things that bugs me about ActivityPub... unless I'm running my own one-single-user instance I won't have control over my…
It's the other way around. "vi" being so common (ie. "lingua franca") is what gave it an advantage.
Then what would, in your opinion, make it "lingua franca"? I took it to mean "so common that it's available almost anywhere" (which is consistent with the context of the comment). I've found it extremely useful to rely…