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0 pointsphoe-krk5y ago0 comments

See how the Fediverse works - it has largely avoided becoming like Voat. Most alt-right instances, such as Gab, are hugely defederated by instance admins and therefore isolated from most of the network.

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fxtentacle5y ago

You speak in a language too cryptic for regular consumption ;)

Which "Fediverse"? As I understand the concept, it applies to social networks in general. But it appears that you are referring to one specific network which contains the Gab server in it.

input_sh5y ago

"Fediverse" = federated universe. Basically a bunch of smaller social networks speaking together through common protocols. Think: being able to follow a YouTube channel straight from your Twitter account — no need to create a YouTube account.

The most popular of such networks is Mastodon (https://joinmastodon.org/), which everyone can run on their own server (often referred to as an "instance"). By default, you create an account on one server and just speak to everyone like if you were on the same server. If one of such servers turns out to be a cesspool full of bigots (like Gab is), an admin can simply say "my server will no longer communicate with that server". When a bunch of servers do that, Gab is pretty much isolated, even though it's using an open protocol.

To put it in layman's terms: if a lot of spam comes from user@example.com, Gmail can just dismiss the emails coming from all addresses that end in @example.com.

Server owners are usually transparent and keep lists of servers they're not speaking to on GitHub or somewhere.

fxtentacle5y ago

Thank you for the great explanation :)

phoe-krkOP5y ago

https://fediverse.party/

young_unixer5y ago

Which has the same problem of the community being an echo chamber, the only difference being that it's a left wing echo chamber instead of a right wing echo chamber like voat.

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fxtentacle5y ago

You speak in a language too cryptic for regular consumption ;)

Which "Fediverse"? As I understand the concept, it applies to social networks in general. But it appears that you are referring to one specific network which contains the Gab server in it.

input_sh5y ago

To put it in layman's terms: if a lot of spam comes from user@example.com, Gmail can just dismiss the emails coming from all addresses that end in @example.com.

Server owners are usually transparent and keep lists of servers they're not speaking to on GitHub or somewhere.

fxtentacle5y ago

Thank you for the great explanation :)

phoe-krkOP5y ago

https://fediverse.party/

young_unixer5y ago

Which has the same problem of the community being an echo chamber, the only difference being that it's a left wing echo chamber instead of a right wing echo chamber like voat.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse