The good news is that there are some straightforward opportunities for significant short-term safety improvements. If fediverse funders, developers, businesses, and “influencers” start prioritizing investing in safety, the fediverse can turn what’s currently a big weakness into a huge strategic advantage.

Contents:

  • It’s about people, not just the software and the protocol

  • It’s also about the software

  • And it’s about the protocol, too

  • Threat modeling and privacy by design can play a big role here

  • Design from the margins – and fund it!

  • The Nexus of Privacy@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Agreed that there isn’t one particular model that’s right or wrong for everybody, and that a split is likely – a region like today’s fedi and that welcomes Threads, and a more safety-focused region (with more blocking, a more consent-based federation).