Lemmy.World Announcements

29157 readers

192 users here now

This Community is intended for posts about the Lemmy.world server by the admins.

Follow us for server news 🐘

Outages 🔥

https://status.lemmy.world

For support with issues at Lemmy.world, go to the Lemmy.world Support community.

Support e-mail

Any support requests are best sent to [email protected] e-mail.

Report contact

DM https://lemmy.world/u/lwreport
Email [email protected] (PGP Supported)

Donations 💗

If you would like to make a donation to support the cost of running this platform, please do so at the following donation URLs.

If you can, please use / switch to Ko-Fi, it has the lowest fees for us

Join the team

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

1324

Lemmy and Mastodon feel like the real web3. (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

348 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I think this decentralization and federation is what web3 is all about, without all the corporations calling everything to do with monkey pixel art that costs a million dollars "web3"

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

web3 was always a cryptocurrency scam and was doomed to fail. Federation is more a return to the early web with a way to link everything together to compete and get similar services to megacorps while distributing costs.

[–] atzanteol 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is what I keep thinking as well. The "kids today" don't remember usenet, IRC, etc. All were decentralized systems capitalizing on distributed compute resources and moderation. They did have problems when it comes to direction, moderation, systems playing "nice", fragmentation, etc. But I still feel the plusses outweigh the minuses in a federated system. Unfortunately the public does like their "benevolent (until they aren't) dictators"...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's because a system where everything is controlled by one person is so commonplace that any other idea seems foreign and impossible, or more often these days not profitable.

[–] atzanteol 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah - and it does simplify things a lot as well. A single entity can move a platform in a specific direction without needing to consult other servers, writing an RFC, etc. And the onboarding is much simpler by comparison.

I think at this point the fediverse should turn its eye towards simplifying sign-ups. If only to make the language more clear about what you are, and are not, locked into when picking an instance. But also provide people with "I don't really care which one I use" options to round-robin them to servers to distribute the load (thinking out loud).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's a never ending debate on how to "onboard" new users with all the growth. Honestly I'd think it would be easier to compare it to email. like a simple look it all works together just get a account and it will federate. It doesn't matter too much where you sign up your account it's able to send and receive email from everyone. But, everyone gets overwhelmed by choices and not knowing the difference between servers. Something like a email app where it gives you a list to pick and a other option would be good imo.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Would be cool if there were geographic designators for individual instances so you could find one close to you. Not sure if that makes the experience better but I'd assume so.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

yeah, the lack of brand presence is a convenient side effect, its refreshing, just like the iconic McCafé® blend. Crafted to perfection by expert baristas, just the way you like it. Get one today at McDonald's®. I'm Lovin' It!