this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2023
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Yeah that's something I've not seen discussed here much. I get that people want control, but getting started with an ActivityPub centric site (like kbin) is now cheaper than ever. Get your own cheap hosting on a VPS and handle some traffic.
People can even create their own instances just to federate with everyone and absorb their content if they're worried about the rules and regulations or "x server not connecting with y"
Overall I think it's a pretty good system compared to a single silo like Reddit
Except when people choose option 5 from this list and defederate you because of who you are federated with.
That's one of the most glaring issues I see with activityPub. The Reddit style, I'm going to block you because your follow XYZ sub mentally.
I've got no solution for it besides hiding which places federate with who, but by looking at the content you'd be about to make an educated guess anyway
Yeah dude people will absolutely defederate your ass if you federate with bigots or whatever. No one is owed federation or a platform of any kind.
Federation is not a right, it’s a privilege.