I and others have talked a lot about the #Facebook / #Meta#FediVerse issue over the past few days, analyzing their strategy, and possible responses, and why pre-emptive blocking isn't an effective measure.
This leaves the question of "what should we do?" So....
ITT: actually effective measures for building the resilience of the FediVerse and #ActivityPub, informed by the experience of the #OSS movement.
@the_roamer@emc2 I began arguing for and testing sentiment for defederating commercial instances with the arrival of Medium on fedi.
With Meta moving in, more are waking up to the issue but it is clear that defederating will only divide and undermine the fediverse, which of course helps Meta.
So I'm returning to the thing I've said all along:
fedi is the lifeboat but p2p will be the shore.
Focusing on #Meta et al wastes energy and time. So support #p2p projects such as #SafeNetwork
The #SafeNetwork#kbin magazine is off to a good start with seventeen followers in a few days. The #Reddit isn't very active so this is very encouraging.
The InstallNet testnet to check the installation process is still humming along nicely, and we’ve already drawn some useful lessons from it, tested some assumptions, and made plans for improvements.
As we speak, InstallNet is still humming along nicely, and we’ve already drawn some useful lessons from it, tested some assumptions, and made plans for improvements. The current iteration is really to test the safeup process that @ChrisO has been putting together to automate the installation of safe client, safenode and...
Yes, fedi admins have been in secret talks with Meta. Now confirmed, but don't worry, they aren't selling out we are told. 🤷♂️
The ease with which humans are intoxicated by power is a recurring theme, and one of our greatest weaknesses.
They think they can resist, that they can go into the dragon's lair and not be deceived or corrupted because they are the heroes of ancient legend. 🤦♂️
Humans are the weak point, the base vulnerability. So we must build #p2p tech like #SafeNetwork.
Safe Network Dev Update June 22, 2023 (safenetforum.org)
As we speak, InstallNet is still humming along nicely, and we’ve already drawn some useful lessons from it, tested some assumptions, and made plans for improvements. The current iteration is really to test the safeup process that @ChrisO has been putting together to automate the installation of safe client, safenode and...
Test network announcements (safenetforum.org)
List of past and active test networks