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> If "Facebook" was a federated system where anyone can set up their own social networking server and still communicate with anyone else on any provider ... wa
by HillaryBriss 9y ago
> If "Facebook" was a federated system where anyone can set up their own social networking server and still communicate with anyone else on any provider ...
wait. wouldn't that be a workable approach to breaking Facebook up?
- AnthonyMouse 9y agoIt would be an alternative to it. If you did that, you wouldn't need to break them up.
- Chaebixi 9y agoBut breaking them up would provide the motivation to make the federation actually work. If there's a federated system, but with one player with 99% of the users, that player can still use its network effects to kneecap the federated protocol.