▲ 167 ▼ Bluesky opens up federation, letting anyone run their own server | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) submitted 2 years ago by clgoh@lemmy.ca to c/fediverse@lemmy.world 60 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (3 children) Then users need to spin up their own instance, right? Then all their posts stay backed up if they choose? Seems like a mediocre problem to get bent out of shape enough to move to a centralized platform. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] rglullis@communick.news 12 points 2 years ago No. A better analogy would be like phone number portability. You can "own" your number, and if you want to change your company you can take the number with you. permalink fedilink source parent [–] s0ckpuppet@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago Completely impractical for most people but this advice gets unironically thrown around all the time. And evangelists still wonder why regular people think the fediverse and particularly Mastodon are convoluted af. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HKayn@dormi.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) What are you calling centralized here? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hansl@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I think people are confusing centralized with federated. Federation has benefits but Mastodon is not decentralized. There is duplication of data but it’s not the same. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rglullis@communick.news 12 points 2 years ago No. A better analogy would be like phone number portability. You can "own" your number, and if you want to change your company you can take the number with you. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] s0ckpuppet@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago Completely impractical for most people but this advice gets unironically thrown around all the time. And evangelists still wonder why regular people think the fediverse and particularly Mastodon are convoluted af. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HKayn@dormi.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) What are you calling centralized here? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hansl@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I think people are confusing centralized with federated. Federation has benefits but Mastodon is not decentralized. There is duplication of data but it’s not the same. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hansl@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I think people are confusing centralized with federated. Federation has benefits but Mastodon is not decentralized. There is duplication of data but it’s not the same. permalink fedilink source parent