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I'm not saying that it's a Mastadon technology problem. I'm saying it's a social problem, that the "federation model" only truly works down to the layer of the
by yanderekko 4y ago
I'm not saying that it's a Mastadon technology problem. I'm saying it's a social problem, that the "federation model" only truly works down to the layer of the tech stack which is not federated, which is still most layers. Activists will not be content to merely defederate, they will coordinate to have disfavored Mastadon instances brought down by their hosts and funders.
- Zak 4y agoYou could replace "Mastodon instances" with "websites" and see the same effect. Several sites used by hate groups and similar have gone offline indefinitely after Cloudflare refused to provide them DDoS protection.
- yanderekko 4y agoYes, that's what I have in mind. It's unclear if just having the various sides of the culture war creating their own social networks is actually a stable equilibrium.
- Zak 4y agoHaving a culture war probably isn't a stable equilibrium.