Poppy (Melting in Arizona) :neofox_melt_sob: on Nostr: [DenshiVideo - The "Fediverse" isn't the solution you think it ...
[DenshiVideo - The "Fediverse" isn't the solution you think it is](https://piped.drgns.space/watch?v=QSZSGeecalc)
Ehhh, the Fediverse is indeed flawed when it comes to community (people still need to shed toxic behaviors acquired from Twitter) and functionality (most software outside of the microblogging sphere is crap, imo), but his criticisms don't hold water.
1. The Fediverse is like a "Forever Box" with instances keeping posts you thought you deleted
He states the fact that some instances will keep your posts as if it *somehow* makes Fedi worse for privacy than Twitter. However, the primary reason that platforms violate digital privacy, which is to advertise to their users shit, is completely absent purely due to most instances just having no profit incentive. Most admins seriously operate for the hell of it, and even larger instances still promote volunteer work, commitment to the wider network, and donations instead of any serious monetization. So, I'd hardly reckon admins would want to be interested in the shit you've deleted at all, let alone see the money in it. More valuable forms of data, such as user retention and what you do outside of the platform, are not collected at all, too.
2. Fedi is often more censored than other platforms
It's a legitimate concern and maybe even a serious issue in many parts of Fedi. No one should be banned for arbitrary things that aren't actually wrong or things that they can make up for. Entire groups especially shouldn't be punished, losing access to mutuals they've bonded with and creatives they've supported in the process, for what one person did. Yet, many innocent servers get defederated from just because of a nontroversy that happened more than a year ago. Still, I cannot help but point out that most of this issue is really just due to the culture of some instances. Sometimes, we forget that most Fedi users have only arrived less than two years ago. We as a community, and especially newcomers, will have to unlearn all the toxic behaviors we've acquired over at other social platforms. We need to see that there is just *nothing* to gain from shutting ourselves out from innocent instances because of one disagreement or mistake. Fortunately, many other instances acknowledge that. The Bad Space, a collective blocklist infamous for listing out completely innocent instances as bad actors, has been widely ostracized by many communities, and numerous instances, such as [The Raccoon Hollow](https://hollow.raccoon.quest) and https://kitty.social, maintain open federation while also keeping their communities well-behaved and inclusive.
Defederation is also a highly useful defense against some of the worst actors in the Fediverse. Pedophiles and pedophile instances, for example, will pose a *grave* threat to your communities, especially any fellow minors that find their place there. Sexual abuse just has no place in any community, and I just cannot give up the tool that helps enforce that.
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Ehhh, the Fediverse is indeed flawed when it comes to community (people still need to shed toxic behaviors acquired from Twitter) and functionality (most software outside of the microblogging sphere is crap, imo), but his criticisms don't hold water.
1. The Fediverse is like a "Forever Box" with instances keeping posts you thought you deleted
He states the fact that some instances will keep your posts as if it *somehow* makes Fedi worse for privacy than Twitter. However, the primary reason that platforms violate digital privacy, which is to advertise to their users shit, is completely absent purely due to most instances just having no profit incentive. Most admins seriously operate for the hell of it, and even larger instances still promote volunteer work, commitment to the wider network, and donations instead of any serious monetization. So, I'd hardly reckon admins would want to be interested in the shit you've deleted at all, let alone see the money in it. More valuable forms of data, such as user retention and what you do outside of the platform, are not collected at all, too.
2. Fedi is often more censored than other platforms
It's a legitimate concern and maybe even a serious issue in many parts of Fedi. No one should be banned for arbitrary things that aren't actually wrong or things that they can make up for. Entire groups especially shouldn't be punished, losing access to mutuals they've bonded with and creatives they've supported in the process, for what one person did. Yet, many innocent servers get defederated from just because of a nontroversy that happened more than a year ago. Still, I cannot help but point out that most of this issue is really just due to the culture of some instances. Sometimes, we forget that most Fedi users have only arrived less than two years ago. We as a community, and especially newcomers, will have to unlearn all the toxic behaviors we've acquired over at other social platforms. We need to see that there is just *nothing* to gain from shutting ourselves out from innocent instances because of one disagreement or mistake. Fortunately, many other instances acknowledge that. The Bad Space, a collective blocklist infamous for listing out completely innocent instances as bad actors, has been widely ostracized by many communities, and numerous instances, such as [The Raccoon Hollow](https://hollow.raccoon.quest) and https://kitty.social, maintain open federation while also keeping their communities well-behaved and inclusive.
Defederation is also a highly useful defense against some of the worst actors in the Fediverse. Pedophiles and pedophile instances, for example, will pose a *grave* threat to your communities, especially any fellow minors that find their place there. Sexual abuse just has no place in any community, and I just cannot give up the tool that helps enforce that.
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