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Is decentralised federated social media over engineered? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://hachyderm.io/users/maegul/statuses/111820598712013429

Is decentralised federated social media over engineered?

Can't get this brain fart out of my head.

What would the simplest, FOSS, alternative look like and would it be worth it?

Quick thoughts:

* FOSS platforms intended to be big single servers, but dedicated to ...
* Shared/Single Sign On
* Easy cross posting
* Enabling and building universal Multi-platform clients.
* Unlike email, supporting small servers

No duplication/federation/protocol required, just software.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If an instance shuts down everything from it is just gone. ML already ran into dns issues once, if it goes, 20% of lemmy is just gone.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

It is not gone. You still have an old copy of the post on your instance.

e.g. https://szmer.info/post/383045

Replaying, posting and making new content is pointless there but the old stuff still stands and it can be read.