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For some reason this is an unpopular opinion on HN but I'm going to say it again: federation solves a problem users don't care about and creates problems like t
by jmyeet 3y ago
For some reason this is an unpopular opinion on HN but I'm going to say it again: federation solves a problem users don't care about and creates problems like this (as well as all the other predictable problems we've seen from decades of email such as spam).
For context, it seems like Elon Musk is toying with the idea of removing blocking from Twitter [1].
As another aside, I'm personally exhausted with the pet projects of annoying billionaires [2].
[1]: https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/09/elon-musk-says-twitter-is-going-to-get-rid-of-the-block-feature-enabling-greater-harassment/ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/09/elon-musk-says-twitter-i...
[2]: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/twitter-founder-jack-dorsey-backs-rfk-jr-s-2024-presidential-bid/ https://www.nationalreview.com/news/twitter-founder-jack-dor...
- klabb3 3y ago> federation solves a problem users don't care about The main problem federation solves is centralization of power and perceived abuse of that power. The type of stuff that caused the Twitter exodus and now Reddit. I’d argue that many users do care about that, but I would concede that it’s not clear that federation will solve those problems. Instance operators can go on equally destructive power trips, the way eg AP and mastodon are designed.