matcha_addict

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2mo ago

What principles you wish to see social networks (or the fediverse) adopt in their design?
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matcha_addict @lemy.lol 2mo ago
Can you give examples ? That's partly why I ask this question.

2mo ago

What principles you wish to see social networks (or the fediverse) adopt in their design?

I think having instances or communities dedicated to that would be wonderful.

I think having separate identity providers would work well with this. Those identity providers could optionally verify age and location, and your instance can just trust them on that to make it exclusive to certain ages or locations.

2mo ago

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matcha_addict @lemy.lol 2mo ago

You can only filter and sort what was downloaded by the client. So that runs into resource constraints.

There shouldn't be resource constraint issues in downloading new content Metadata from all your subscriptions

tags

When I say "standardize tags on all content", what I mean is make it a standard to have the option of having tags on every type of content, and treat tags as a first class attribute of the content. The XKCD you reference is not relevant.

That's more the ATproto/Bluesky vision.

Sure, they use it. But it is compatible with activityPub as well.

2mo ago

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matcha_addict @lemy.lol 2mo ago

I'm so far paging, and it's so annoying this isn't the default design on the fediverse.

On 4, I also agree, but what's the best alternative?

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matcha_addict @lemy.lol 2mo ago

I think instance owners should retain the ability to make some blocks non-negotiable. They are responsible for the instance and legal implications after all.

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matcha_addict @lemy.lol 2mo ago

I do like this, but it does require responsibility from the user to maintain their keys. I think having it as an option is great, alongside the identity providers I speak about.

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matcha_addict @lemy.lol 2mo ago

That's precisely why I call it necessary, you're right!

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matcha_addict @lemy.lol 2mo ago

Thank you for listening to my idea, and I'm glad you like it :)

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matcha_addict @lemy.lol 2mo ago

The first issue you bring up would be resolved with the idea of separating identity and authentication as separate providers from instance providers. In fact, it's much better than just relying on a small difficulty, as that is more likely to discourage a well meaning non-technical person than a malicious actor.

Wktn separate identity providers, your instance can trust the identity providers that have good reputation. And if I want to be seen by your instance, then I have to have one of those identity providers approve me.

Different identity providers will have different standards and requirements.

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matcha_addict @lemy.lol 2mo ago

The downside is that if you're new to the fediverse, you have no way of knowing whose lists you should follow.

Isn't the whole idea that you choose a trans-friendly instance and you naturally adopt the instance wide blocklist? Same thing here, except you choose the block list similar to choosing an instance in the old flow.

And if you disagree, this could still easily be mediated. For example, the instance could have a default block list. As long as one can opt out, that would respect user choice.

Or choosing the blocklists can be part of the account creation flow.

There's others ways to go about it.

Beyond that though, on an instance like blahaj, it would be largely irrelevant, because there is no scenario where I let transphobes federate to the instance

What I suggest isn't meant to take away the instance owner ability to defederate or moderate. But this makes it such that you don't have to modify your moderation strategy when your users can adopt different moderation in addition to what you have. (example: maybe a large group of your users want to block US-centric content, or political content, etc.) and people not on your instance could possibly adopt your moderation as well!

2mo ago

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matcha_addict @lemy.lol 2mo ago

An easy middle ground is the ability to sync your block list with someone else. This gives the same capability you desire, but allows users freedom to do it on their own. Everyone's happy! What do you think?

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matcha_addict @lemy.lol 2mo ago

I agree with this. I think instance owners retaining ability to block other instances is still unfortunately necessary, if at least for administrative and legal reasons. But putting the onus on granular blocking controls on the user is a big achievement, as I prefer the user to retain that control.