How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) écrit par Ploum, Lionel Dricot, ingénieur, écrivain de science-fiction, développeur de logiciels libres.

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/719121

This blog post by Ploum, who was part of the original XMPP efforts long ago, describes how Google killed one great federated service, which shows why the Fediverse must not give Meta the chance

  • LeclipseEnglish
    5•1 year ago

    I’m against defederation in general. Users should be able to block specific instances if they want.

      • LeclipseEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        Users should have choice. But I guess you could host your own instances and federate with whomever you want.

    • ramOPEnglish
      -2•1 year ago

      Then the fediverse isn’t for you.