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> No more walled gardens I somewhat doubt this, though. Already, Mastodon instances can block other instances from showing up on theirs. Likewise, a major inst
by Vinnl 8y ago
> No more walled gardens
I somewhat doubt this, though. Already, Mastodon instances can block other instances from showing up on theirs. Likewise, a major instance could simply block all other instances from showing up on theirs, or the other way around. Walled gardens can arise when single players become as large as Twitter is, and that isn't prevented (though perhaps somewhat obstructed) by federation.
- drb91 8y agoI always interpreted a “walled garden” as a wall you don’t want, not a carte blanche critique of walls. What’s the appeal of a single massive instance over a federated set of them for end users?
- Vinnl 8y agoThe appeal could be that everyone's on there, and you can't read their posts elsewhere. It needn't start out like that, but it could become that - much like Twitter has been limiting third-party access more and more.
- drb91 8y agoWell, it could, but I see zero reason to think so. More likely is people never leave twitter or facebook in the first place.