Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

@Wildbill @Viss I suspect, like with email, there are different levels to this. The administrative overhead of an instance for just yourself (or a few friends/family) would probably not be too bad.

The overhead (in particular moderation) for an instance used by the larger public would be more significant.

@micahflee I'm also interested in it from a "This is what cyberpunk promised me" standpoint.

BOOST! BOOST! BOOST!
They would boost local timelines, fediverse timelines too.
Which was something the Grinch couldn't possibly do.
And THEN they'd do something he liked least of all!
Every Toot down in Tootville, the tall and the small,
Would see the full timeline, not one paid post or ad.
They'd get more engagement, more good and less bad.
They'd reply! And they'd reply! And they'd REPLY!
REPLY! REPLY! REPLY!

Then he growled with his Grinch throat nervously crowing,
"I MUST find some way to stop Fediverse from growing!"
For Tomorrow he knew the Toot folks of all kinds,
Would wake bright and early. They'd post to timelines!
And then! Oh, the toots! Oh the toots!
Toots! Toots! Toots!
That's one thing he hated! The TOOTS!
TOOTS! TOOTS! TOOTS!
Then the Toots young and old would sit down to their boosts.
And they'd boost! And they'd boost! And they'd BOOST!

@Wildbill Thanks!

@sisiwei @themarkup Welcome!

@coleens_@infosec.exchange I'm a firm believer in making sure how I spend my time (especially outside work) aligns with the things I say are priorities. When I realize they aren't, I try to adjust. So I'd *like* to say things would be much the same, just the hours allocated to things might change.

I'd spend more time reading, weaving and pursuing my many other hobbies. I'd travel more. I'd likely still volunteer some time/expertise for free software projects.

While following people's boosts and hashtags is enough for me, I understand why some people new to chronological timelines are fearful they will miss out on popular posts.

It might be interesting if each instance had a "trending" account you could follow that routinely boosted the latest popular posts. That would be opt-in and it doesn't mask the rest of your timeline.

Whatever the reason, the app or the bots,
He looked at the Fediverse, hating it lots,
Staring down from his cave with a sour, Grinchy frown,
At the new registrations, below in their town.
For he knew every Toot down in Tootville beneath,
Was busy now, posting decentralized tweets.
"And they use content warnings!" he snarled with a sneer,
"And with Federation there's no 8 buck tier!"

@matthew_d_green Now that they have gotten heavier into the advertising business, and have successfully pushed competitors out of their space, they have business reasons too.

When I hear them talk about privacy it's the same definition as when Google or others say it. They mean protecting your data from third parties or competitors, but not themselves.

Every Toot down in Tootville liked Fediverse a lot
But the Grinch, who lived just north of Tootville, did not!
The Grinch hated Fediverse! The whole federation!
Now, please don't ask why, there is no explanation.
It could be his app's round trip times weren't tight,
It could be, perhaps, the bots weren't counted right.
But I think that the most likely reason of all,
May have been his net worth's $42B too small.

@Viss For some reason that made me think:

Every Toot down in Tootville liked #federation a lot, but the Musk who lived just north of Tootville - did not.

So now I'm going to have to write up a full-blown parody.

@katherined To me interoperability is almost always a good thing. It can become a bad thing when "embrace" moves to "extend" and "extinguish."

For instance, it was great when Slack was interoperable with IRC. It allowed it to attract all sorts of community rooms to move from IRC. The downside was when they extended the protocol beyond IRC and ultimately extinguished their IRC support, closing the door behind them after everyone walked through.

@f1337 Email me at my work address from the email you'd like to use to collaborate and we can go from there.