cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/15513
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Only if it's for Client specific Extensions not the core project. Basically freelance work. Paid bug fixes and feature requests to core are a big no-go.
It still makes one think: why he would do that and what is his agenda?
That's the big question. But it looks intentional.
These are phishing bots. Never interact with them.
Don't think so. He is an opportunist like all the others.
As far as I understand do they use Bluesky's infrastructure.
The problem isn't the PDS but the Relays. You need terabytes of storage and and some beefy hardware to run one of these. Also there are still quite some parts centralized.
People left !moviesandtv@lemm.ee after the power tripping
Firstly, !moviesandtv@lemm.ee still has 2,500 subscribers, while !showsandmovies@lemm.ee only has 1,500 at this point. Additionally, the moderators are now directing users to !television@lemm.ee, which has even fewer subscribers (around 200), as mentioned in this post. Rather than a clean transition, this situation has resulted in a fractured community.
Secondly, in this case, the issue was malicious moderation. Users left because of bad mod behavior, but the real concern remains: admins have the final say. If an admin decides to power trip, the entire community—and potentially the whole instance—falls under their control.
This brings us back to the exact problem Reddit has. As long as the company aligned with community interests, it could hold rogue moderators accountable. But once Reddit had a financial or ideological agenda, entire communities were left powerless.
In contrast, a decentralized approach with similar communities on different instances offers a natural fail-safe. If one instance becomes problematic, users can easily regroup on other similar communities rather than having to start from scratch. This ensures continuity and resilience rather than the all-or-nothing risk of centralization.
If a question about European luggage is listed on three different communities, people are not going to copy-paste their answers in all of them, leading to discussion splintering.
If Lemmy’s feed algorithm can bundle similar posts, it can also bundle comments. This is a matter of software development, not an inherent flaw in decentralization. Whether or not this happens depends on developer support, but it’s absolutely possible and could even be implemented in frontend apps like Voyager or Thunder.
The question isn’t whether consolidation is the only way to improve discussion efficiency—it’s whether it’s the best way. And given the risks of power concentration, it seems clear that a better solution lies in improving the tools rather than weakening decentralization.
I stand by my position, but I’ll leave this discussion open for others to weigh in. Let’s see what the broader community thinks.
Why not use a password manager?
cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/9394337
geteilt von: https://feddit.nl/post/30601987
Just here to shed some light on Bookwyrm.social, the Fediverse equivalent of Goodreads. I've been doing some more reading lately, and I like to keep track of what I read and also I like reading other's review, suggestions, etc. Now I boycot amazon and others big tech as much as possible, so for me Bookwyrm.social is the place to be. It's steadily growing I think, but I thought it deserved some more attention, therefor this post. Same goes for BookBrainz and to a lesser extend IA's Openlibrary. OpenLibrary is, among other things, a place where people catalogue book-metadata, and if a book is not on Bookwyrm.social yet, it can often be imported from OpenLibrary. Problem with OpenLibrary is that the data is often messy and there are a lot of duplicates. That's where BookBrainz comes in, the book-equivalent of MusicBrainz. They're not that big yet, but what they do very well is that they have got very clean data. I feel like BookBrainz has the potential to be the perfect source of data on books, for other apps to use as they please, similar to how MusicBrainz is already functioning. It just needs more contributors, but I'm sure it's steadily growing. I just started doing my part, adding the books I read on all three.
Would love to hear thoughts on these platforms, as well as other platform suggestion if you've got any.
Pretty much an "enlightened centrist"