=== ANCHOR POEM === ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── what if instead of federating social media instances we federated users instead why not have an account on each and every mastodon instance? then just RSS feeder yourself and boom suddenly you can customize your identity on each fediverse house. maybe with a checkbox of which instances you'd like to post to on your "submit link or text post" button *study encryption kids* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/4092 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── why not make a unified fediverse identity that can post on whatever instance it wants? ... hmmm could be accomplished with a layer of abstraction. You could use a "fediverse client" software to enter text into an HTML page which would have it's own UI and stuff and would organize your accounts and instances such that you could mark like, 3-7 as places you'd like to put a particular message. Then it would just... do it l m a o spam is gonna get sooooo much worse before it gets better but trust me, we'll figure it out. And it won't be long, either. It's a solvable problem, we just haven't built anything to handle it yet. ... yet... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/3018 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── I think it'd be neat if Mastodon boosted posts that someone had personally seen. like, adding a degree of separation to knowing people - if you follow someone, you'll hear what their friends are saying. so, like, if you subscribe to someone, you will see them boosting the posts that their friends made. or at least the people they're following. in doing so, you can always know everyone that someone is connected to. which is more than enough to determine how true and honest they are. (ideally with a way to filter out duplicates - like perhaps an icon of the persons face at the bottom to show they also saw it? and so they have mutual friends, which are fully known and displayed to all others. could be an interesting experiment at least, especially if it federated with NO other servers. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #3 messages/232 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── Would work best if it was "town square style" instead of "federated style" because federations are based on trust while town squares are explicitely based on geographic proximity. Which should be something you can scale easily (little slider on the side, oriented vertically up and down, that determined how close the comments you see should be) Federations exist in mastodon. But we still need a town square. We need the ability to visit other town squares, through the ability to project our voice as infinitely far as they'd like to listen. But we also deserve the capability to interact with those close to us on a topic-by-topic basis, aka each and every individual web page that the Internet sees fit to create. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #4 messages/233 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── With this capability we could organize based on common interests. A person might see a link on a mastodon server and comment on it there, in a public forum with their comments limited to people within 50km or 25 miles of where they currently were. No other clients would receive a downloaded version of their comment, meaning the data simply wouldn't flow to others beyond that region. Every time they logged in the syncing software would attempt to share their words with whoever would listen. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/4108 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── what if you could make multiple mastodon accounts in the UI and sort your followers into bins that corresponded to which account you wanted to see and switch between with the push of a button ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/2044 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── honestly I think everyone should have two mastodon accounts - one for people you like, and one for people you trust (I have one) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/1641 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┐ ║ a constantly synced data export option for mastodon where your files are │ ║ tracked both internally and externally as trustfully decided on by the user's │ ║ interactions and responses. Basically, social media actions through a VM, or │ ║ rather an API for the newer devs. │ ║ │ ║ do you ever wonder why the young are not trained to do, while advised, while │ ║ the old are stuck with the doing? Kinda feels like an inherently unstable │ ║ arrangement. I mean, children can make decisions about "what does base human │ ║ nature tell us" and kids can make morality designs. Teenagers give us insight │ ║ to what changes in adulthood, and parents handle stressful times with grace. │ ║ Then, the elders can explain and advise, and pass on the knowledge of their │ ║ ancestors, as the children, adults, and futures must pass inside. │ ║ │ ║ but alas, kids are stuck learning unguided, in the peak of their years, │ ║ because everything's been automated by AI. Can't wait to see what we're like │ ║ spiritually in a hundred years. Age extension technology sure is great, isn't │ ║ it? I lo │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/4831 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┐ ║ the neat thing about mastodon is someone can just... bookmark your profile │ ║ page and always keep track of what you're up to by going through their firefox │ ║ tabs and checking people one-by-one │ ║ │ ║ could also have like, several different tabs open, one for each profile you │ ║ post from. │ ║ │ ║ "oh on twitter you can only have one account, but Mastodon you can have as │ ║ many as you want" │ ║ │ ║ I have one account │ ║ │ ║ this account │ ║ │ ║ I'm nobody else │ ║ │ ║ just me │ ║ │ ║ just here, │ ║ │ ║ and my neocities page. │ ║ │ ║ sometimes I post things on facebook. But only political things that are pretty │ ║ normie for my family and stuff. Things that make sense to "regular" people or │ ║ whatever. │ ║ │ ║ like, c'mon, they're normal too. You just gotta listen to them when they tell │ ║ you their heart. which they don't often do. Why would they? you're from far │ ║ away! plus they're all friends from high school, so whatever, right? │ ║ │ ║ ... sorry got off track. anyways the point is I only have one account on │ ║ Mastodon so I pretty much could go wherever I choose. │ ║ │ ║ like... I'll just make another one~ │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/676 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── would be nice if the Fediverse wouldn't let you post something on Mastodon unless you filled out a content warning for it. sorta like a post title on Reddit, allowing people to say "nah I don't feel like reading something from X perspective right now" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/60 --- ═══════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────── Can someone explain to me why we need instances on the fediverse? Why don't we just keep all our personal files local on our computer and communicate over the federated protocol? What's the point of having all these mini-servers that are controlled by the community? I mean, torrenting has been around forever, why don't we just use that to communicate? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/2144 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── I have this friend who's in a different mastodon ecosystem and apparently he tried commenting on some of my posts but like, they didn't show up on my end? how weird. Kinda shattered my perception of this place as a free and open society where everyone could rely on everyone else to be who they said they were based on publically available accounts that they share with their friends who know them by their face and name ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/536 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: PSA: aspublic.org is still active, and still archives + makes searchable all public posts, they have no opt-out, nor do they respect the "Include public posts in search results" setting │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-391 Just want to point out that email is about as private as skywriting. Which means that everyone knows what you buy on Amazon or which forums send you messages... So if you want to keep your posts secret, you should use encryption - such as gpg, for example. Actually, wouldn't that solve the problem that @user-78 is talking about? Just, build encryption into everything. Ah, nope, wouldn't work, just realized that public means public, and you can't encrypt a public post. Well, you *could*, but then it's no longer public, just noise transmitted on a public channel. Idk. My opinion is that the fediverse is (and should be) like email. Like skywriting. If you mark something as public, it should be seen by anyone who wants to see it. It's an opt-in option. And frankly I miss Myspace, so I'm okay with archives. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/2624 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: scary │ └──────────────────────┘ when they replace you on mastodon they change your pfp and name so that nobody can remember who you were it's not like you'd remember amongst your 6000 followers ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/971 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── would be nice if you could get suggestions for which fediverse instance to use depending on the AI analyzed contents of your posts. Could be a way to mitigate the social cost of banning someone, by saying "hey, we collectively are going to pool our computing resources to generate an expensive and detailed report of which other instances you could join." that way it doesn't feel like you've been kicked out into the cold. or literally just... have someone suggest one, idk. Basically it's like "hey you're in the wrong place, go to one of these instead" instead of "[expletives and swearing and general expressions of hatred, derision, and distaste]" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/1906 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── I like Mastodon because it feels like I'm contributing to something larger than myself even though like, 30 people read each of my posts ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/967 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ the reason I say that is because if you block someone, they can continue to │ ║ alter the dynamic of the environment you're in even if you don't personally │ ║ see them. │ ║ │ ║ this is fine if you want to maximize ad views, but on the fediverse nobody │ ║ cares about buying products. │ ║ │ ║ this is fine if you want to maximize engagement, because new people (who │ ║ havent yet gotten upset with the person) will engage and fight them. As they │ ║ should. But eventually, if the person's a troll or a goon, they'll get tired │ ║ of it and block them too. Thus the goon never has to face more than a few at a │ ║ time, especially if there's quite a few trolls on board with their target. │ ║ │ ║ this is fine if you don't mind the water slowly acidifying, like the fish who │ ║ have no choice because they don't know how to grow legs and walk like real │ ║ animals (what a bunch of scrubs) │ ║ │ ║ some people don't want to invest time in figuring out where to go next. How │ ║ many people will hear of Mastodon when Twitter is fully vacated of cool people? │ ║ │ ║ Tell your friends IRL about us │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/5081 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── what if mastodon recorded the date and time of every time you boosted / unboosted something so you can keep track of what your page looked like over time [in the export data functionality] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/1458 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── there's nothing in the rules of the internet that says you can't share a mastodon account with your 18 closest friends. you'll only find such a demand in the EULA's of websites that you probably shouldn't be spending very much time on, anyway. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/4604 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── @user-246 collectively identifying an entire instance as a single person is a useful and crucial engagement pattern that I believe helps unify the fediverse. Can also fracture it, but oh well?? I heard that some instances defederated my instance recently. I wonder why? Oh, some drama with some person, gee that's kinda like abandoning a third space in IRL public because someone who worked there abused their partner. Like ditching the Beatle's conception of heaven because the guy who sang that song did rude things to his wife. Like did you hear John Denver once cut his wife in half with a chainsaw? I heard it was her mattress, ooooo scary. Isn't he the guy that sang about peace, love, serenity, harmony? what's that all about? ah well he's defederated from life now, can't ask him a damn thing, can we? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/1628 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┐ ║ so I had this idea about this collection of social media screenshots that I │ ║ took over the past ~6 months ago. I thought about redacting the names from │ ║ them in order to preserve privacy, and then I thought about boosting someone │ ║ on Mastodon without their consent. Shouldn't they be able to decide whether or │ ║ not their name is attached to the content they create? │ ║ │ ║ An un-sourced claim should be treated as the author expressing themselves │ ║ through the words of another, rather than the expression of the person who │ ║ isn't necessarily being quoted. Feels the most ethical to me, that we know │ ║ where the source of our news is coming from, so it's less likely that they're │ ║ faking it. "Blind trust" is nice and all for trust-less systems, but society │ ║ is based on trust. │ ║ │ ║ as a collective, it is important to decide how our collective obligations │ ║ create and reify our current situations. we live in contact with one another, │ ║ in one way or another, so it's important to design a set of common grounds. │ ║ │ ║ have you ever met me at the park? │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #21 fediverse/1554 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-socialism-fediverse-commune-transgirls-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ do you ever think about how a fediverse instance is basically a socialist commune where the only needs that are met are our needs for community and acceptance? kinda makes me wonder if we could use it to meet other needs too, like if everyone had an alt account in an instance run by their city / state maybe with some extra mechanical tools that helped distribute goods and services without explicitly relying on the exchange of currency. or perhaps with, depending on what the instance wanted. ... that being said, such a localized instance would not be as good at building community. What's the meme about the 3 transgirls in the 3 different time zones? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #22 fediverse/2506 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── I can't imagine having a fediverse feed comprised of more than 70 people. I fear I'd forget them, or forget what they stand for. I guess that's why ya'll put so much information in your bios. Information they can use to simulate you, alongside all of your posts. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #23 fediverse_boost/221 --- ◀═╦══════════════════════[BOOST]════════════════════════─────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ @user-220 The other day @user-1704 posted a poll about "If your │ │ ║ │ employer had a Mastodon server for staff, would you use it?" and I just │ │ ║ │ want to say that if a company had a Mastodon server where all their │ │ ║ │ engineers posted foone-style rants, I would be 1000% more likely to │ │ ║ │ give that company my business. │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┴─▶ --- #24 fediverse/5319 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── mastodon, to me, feels like tech plus tumblr ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┴───────────┘ --- #25 fediverse/2454 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── fedi software which automagically migrates you to an instance servicing the 70 closest people to you, based on the address you used when signing up. As people join you may get shuffled around, but your follow list should remain intact if you want to stay in contact. in addition, it should mirror your posts and such to a larger instance which serves the 2450 nearest people (70 * 35), and perhaps to another instance with the nearest 85750 people (70 * 35 * 35) etc, as large as is necessary. Then, a client UI which allows you to view each tier as you please, and post to particular tiers according to where your posts are relevant. when performance concerns start becoming apparent, start rationing posts! For example, if you want to say something to the whole world you should maybe only get to say it once or twice a year. but talking to your neighbors? who cares! speak all you'd like. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #26 fediverse/4034 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: bep │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ Mastodon feels so personal but, like, nobody's gonna *invite* you to a new │ ║ instance. You gotta go where you think you'll fit in. │ ║ │ ║ change your name! get a new profile pic! make 10 accounts! who cares! nobody │ ║ cares, and that's a good thing! It means you can be whoever you want! wherever │ ║ you want! in whatever place you want! Do you have a catgirl persona? great! go │ ║ mewl with the catgirls and wink at the catboys. Do you have an artistic side? │ ║ great! Mastodon is your new gallery. Do you like politics? there's places out │ ║ there for you! Where you don't even need to CW your posts! (But you probably │ ║ should so that external people can boost you) Do you want a 500 person large │ ║ dating pool for people in an area who want to chill out and have sex? Great │ ║ there's a place for you! No place? MAKE THE PLACE! Be your own administrator! │ ║ Carve your mark in the world and say "this is who and how I wanted to be in │ ║ this 21st century!" History demands it! History demands that we rellish their │ ║ sacrifices! Celebrate, for their sake! │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #27 fediverse/3019 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── I also think that it should be limited to a single server so people can test it out, because it's a big structural change that should not be applied to the current fediverse. like, it feels different enough to me, the idea of speaking while floating in a sea, versus most other social media sites which are more... focused and directed in personal connections. like, visiting the town square versus visiting your grandma. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #28 fediverse/1519 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-883 │ ║ │ ║ yeah, true. if they were collectively owned we could suggest some collectivist │ ║ viewing methods that displayed the highest rated posts in addition to the │ ║ lowest. │ ║ │ ║ I used the "sort by controversial" option a lot to ascertain what the polar │ ║ extremes of different opinions were on whatever the subject was. They don't │ ║ even have to be opposites either. │ ║ │ ║ Helps you find a bit more of the familiar human crowd. Upvotes are just │ ║ numbers in a database after all, a database that they entirely control. Funny │ ║ how people always complain about bots but, like, Reddit could just write their │ ║ own bots. │ ║ │ ║ For breaking news I'd usually sort by "new", because then you can scan for │ ║ updates when you had time. Though sometimes "best", which valued both time and │ ║ total upvotes, helped a lot for looking for definitive things. │ ║ │ ║ though you could just have a bunch of bots upvote a post shortly after it was │ ║ posted, thus making it appear more powerful to the sorting algorithm. │ ║ │ ║ well, it's flawed. But Mastodon is Twitter, so ig Lemmy │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #29 fediverse/3203 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: tech-company-ownership-international-politics │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-1074 [edit post]: I kinda feel like the United Nations should host five thousand Mastodon instances??! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #30 fediverse/4136 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┐ ║ the kind of old people who post on mastodon because that's the best place to │ ║ do so too │ ║ │ ║ ... er I mean "gee wouldn't it be nice if our grandkids taught us how to host │ ║ our own mastodon server for our weekly poker night?" like how you have discord │ ║ servers for D&D groups, except, less proprietary and more freedom. │ ║ │ ║ I bet someone could make a lot of money by just loading a raspberry pi with │ ║ pre-built software built from an image that automatically hosted a mastodon │ ║ server just based on information about your networking company so they can │ ║ keep tabs on all that you do. │ ║ │ ║ gee sure would be nice if we had a government run computing infrastructure │ ║ project which turned the entire USA into a hive-mind computer. I bet you could │ ║ be paid pretty well to do processing in your own LLM-generated voice. │ ║ │ ║ like... feed it your published works, whether artistic or scientific, │ ║ alongside the breadth of human understanding... then optimize for temperature. │ ║ That which is most different. AKA the user's produced data and habits from IOT. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #31 fediverse/673 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── On Reddit there's this idea that 9/10 users will never comment, and 9/10 commenters will never post. Hence, the distribution of content is generally aligned to this ratio of sorts. I wonder what the proportion is on the fediverse? If it's the same, perhaps it's due to our human nature. If it's different, perhaps it's due to the design of the software. Or maybe, just maybe, content is better where the people who create it are given the power to co-host. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #32 fediverse/1611 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-1040 │ ║ │ ║ well, usually in the examples I shared like tumblr posts there's a username │ ║ and picture shown. But tumblr users change their names, while on Mastodon (at │ ║ least on my client) it shows your permanent handle underneath your regular │ ║ changable name. I guess you could migrate accounts to another server if you're │ ║ being harassed in one place, but still people have a way of finding you. It's │ ║ weird kinda makes me wonder if they track you by ip address haha - did you │ ║ know that every computer attached to a router uses the same public IP address? │ ║ Then it uses either DHCP or static assigned local addresses for every computer │ ║ on the network. That's pretty neat! I wonder why we don't have workstations by │ ║ default include a router (and modem)? Seems like pretty important tech that │ ║ should be built into the chassis instead of in a small separate unit. Like, │ ║ what if you had to throw all your belongings into a van and drive to a motel │ ║ somewhere to set up your workstation in a hotel because it's hot and your ac │ ║ broke lol │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #33 fediverse/2155 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-192 │ ║ │ ║ it doesn't have to be a nazi bar. Imagine if we posted on our own bulletin │ ║ boards, and we subscribed to people via IP address (which we'd ping every once │ ║ in a while) rather than demanding that our stuff be hosted on someone else's │ ║ computer │ ║ │ ║ ... oh yeah, duh, because then we can't save our social media posts from a │ ║ different computer. │ ║ │ ║ would be nice if instead there was a localized copy of the text that people │ ║ were posting / favorited / wanted remembered on EVERY person's computer, like │ ║ they were storing 1/3rd of the torrent file of the instance's data. │ ║ │ ║ like, just enough to be unreadable to any one individual, but if you had like │ ║ 3 computers you could get each individual slice and transcribe it into words │ ║ that you could read. │ ║ │ ║ or you could just look at your part, then ask other people for their 2 parts │ ║ related to [posts from XYZ user at this-and-this time period] and use them to │ ║ populate the local user's feed. │ ║ │ ║ and you could log on because all of the PASSWORDS are stored and encrypted in │ ║ a way that │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ |