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having each persons identity tied to the instance makes the whole thing way too unstable and centralized. identity needs to exist outside the bounds of instance
by basch 3y ago
having each persons identity tied to the instance makes the whole thing way too unstable and centralized. identity needs to exist outside the bounds of instances.
- d-cc 3y agoThis is why we have keyservers.
- realitythreek 3y agoSo having a central identity has pros and cons, right? One of the cons is you’d then be beholden to whomever runs the identity service and that takes away a lot of the autonomy of the Fediverse.
- basch 3y agoyou can have decentralized identity separate from the instances. maybe all the lemmyverse instances share an identity chain, and all the mastadon instances share an identity chain, and they are both cross compatible with any other instance variant that supports the standard.