> 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…
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,…
It's the other way around. "vi" being so common (ie. "lingua franca") is what gave it an advantage.
> 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…
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,…
It's the other way around. "vi" being so common (ie. "lingua franca") is what gave it an advantage.