Is it now? Github says it's Rust at 80%. And a layer of rust is a good protection again further rust 😃
samae
joined 2 years ago
not enough nodes were there
And a bit later he mentions "Not just all account servers; different kinds of services". I have a feeling this has been overlooked in the recent discussions about Threads. The fediverse is an excellent base to launch a myriad of varied kinds of services, not all of them "account servers" like lemmy, mastodon, pixelfed, etc. Let's also build more bots and automated services too :3 It could be games played through fedi, it could be statistics, admin tools, and whatever comes to mind.
This is the kind of thing that would be added value even for huge account nodes, and would probably act as a deterrent to want to change the rules of the game (making changes to ActivityPub). If you change the proto, your users would lose access to all the nice things that exist outside of the instance, quite the backlash, like what happened with reddit.
What do you all think?
Good reminder that: small instances = small impact. Both true for the positive and the negative.
One could make the argument that 5000 users is still not mass adoption. If that is enough activity, then mass adoption is not a requirement for the fediverse to be a nice social place to be.
All 35 of us :d
I shouldn't have generalized, my bad. Let me rephrase: they are on my blacklist. Mainly because I get jumped by popups every time I try and focus to read something nice somebody wrote there…
Speaking of sucking… Medium is on the blacklist.
Now we just need to wait and see if Reddit takes the bait and joins the fediverse too, as an attempt to stop hemorraging users. grabs popcorn
Best thing that could happen is that reddit would respond with a surprise "we too" will federate with you all, and implement activity pub. Then you have two big actors competing on an open playground. And we grab a drink and enjoy the light show.
A counterpount: You can be a young user and not realize yet how wide is public sharing, you may be in an altered state (griefing, drunk) or be pushed around by disability (adhd, or other cognitive impairements). IMO these are not all qualifying as "being a dumbass".
Additionnally, it's possible nobody is able to correctly predict the future. Are your thoughts today going to cause you grief tommorrow, in a year, in 10? How about you post today about how good the orange juice you had was, but that is later on an excuse to put you in a labor camp with others due to the fact that eating fruits is now seen as unholy and that you are a sinner, in need of correction?
There is a balance to be struck between "all is public and it is your own fault", and privacy nightmare. There should be some teaching happening. As somebody else mentions, having a habbit to use Matrix for DMs and more personal matters is one of these good habbits.
I had "weathering steel" in mind, butt you're right, even in this case, rust still eats at it, just slower.