Die4Ever comments on With Reddit flirting with requiring Age verification, the next Rexit might be around the corner, are we ready?

With Reddit flirting with requiring Age verification, the next Rexit might be around the corner, are we ready? (piefed.social)

submitted 7 months ago by Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

243 comments fedilink hide all child comments

With previous Rexit's like the API debarcle etc. many users were left looking for an alternative, but with decision fatigue and bad UX etc. most did not find the Fediverse a viable option.

What needs to still improve, how can we be ready this time?

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

I think user friction without federation will always result in too much lock-in. Federation is our only chance to actually defeat the network effect and allow new platforms/instances to actually have a fighting chance at competing when they are better.

permalink

fedilink

source

parent

hideshow 1 child comment

[+] badgermurphy@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

[deleted]

permalink

fedilink

source

parent

hideshow 1 child comment

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 1 point 7 months ago

I would love to see a federation model where each user has an encrypted profile and content in their own archive that they manage and/or have stored somewhere for them, which they can then use to join servers and choose what data from their profile they share with who else on that server, as well as participate in server local and federated public channels, as well as private data exchanges facilitated but not readable by the server or federated network of servers you have a user account signed up.

This sounds like more work/requirements/issues placed on the casual users, it won't work, people are too lazy. You have to lean into the 90%/9%/1% rule and let the instance admins and community moderators handle everything for the casual users.

You're right though, it doesn't need to be ActivityPub. However no one says a platform can't support multiple federation protocols at the same time, at least while a transition is ongoing.