mke

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[–] mke@programming.dev 3 points 5 days ago

In theory, I doubt development would continue. For a federated cohost to survive long term, it would also need to be open source, with a developer community that could fork the project and carry the torch. That's a very different cohost we're envisioning, even excluding required UX changes to make it possible.

At that point, one might as well imagine a cohost that explored better ways to make money, or attracted more users, or ran a tighter ship. Both scenarios lead to this discussion never happening.

[–] mke@programming.dev 2 points 5 days ago

No, thanks for suggesting. I saw a thread by other curious users and checked fediseer. Might be an admin issue, but I didn't see clear evidence.

Don't think it was spam as, unless I'm misunderstanding, that seems unlikely from fosstodon.

[–] mke@programming.dev 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] mke@programming.dev 3 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I meant that it's not directly associated with you as the owner through your migrated account.

Edited comment (many to some).

[–] mke@programming.dev 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

This isn't an absolute rule. Of course they don't (and shouldn't) ask for feedback before cutting off Nazi instances, but it's not always so clear.

.world defederated from fosstodon and I'm still unsure why.

[–] mke@programming.dev 3 points 5 days ago

What you're describing sounds closer to how atproto is supposed to work, but it's yet unproven in regards to decentralization.

[–] mke@programming.dev 14 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I agree with the overall spirit, but this is a bit shallow, no? Not much of an attempt to argue its points. It makes some claims, refuses to elaborate, then leaves. Feels written for people who already think the same.

Because of this as well as poor financial management, Cohost will pass out of internet culture with little impact

Would decentralization have helped it make a much greater impact? Would it have helped Cohost survive? Seems to me that financial issues would've killed it regardless.

[–] mke@programming.dev 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

Your content stays behind, though, and some shut down without warning.

Your posts will not be moved, due to technical limitations.

[–] mke@programming.dev 1 points 5 days ago

Wait, when have I ever denied any genocide?

I'm sorry, that's hilarious. It's so odd, so absurd I can't help but laugh.

I've disagreements of my own, but all I want is to put them aside for a bit because this sentence deserves appreciation.

[–] mke@programming.dev 1 points 5 days ago

We also need more straightforward installation procedures so more people can host their own.

Hosting your own instance is not a fire and forget operation. The closest thing is single-user instances, but even then there are matters the admin must handle. Plus, there's little incentive for doing all this work.

[–] mke@programming.dev 6 points 5 days ago

Awesome stuff. Maybe there's still hope for a non WebKit, Blink, or Gecko browser in the Servo project after all.

[–] mke@programming.dev 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Aight, I've spent my allotted 20 minutes reading open source project drama and still don't get this comment. Mind sharing some context?

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