I’ve seen an argument that defederation would just hurt the fediverse, and that even an exploitative giant like Meta should therefore be welcomed.
I think that’s like arguing that we should get rid of antitrust laws, which we have for good reason.
just with kbin.social (and of course other badly moderated instances) specifically.
Yes, there’s clearly a moderation problem, but it’s not just kbin.social.
To rephrase the question: why is it that practically all the insufficiently moderated sites are kbin instances?
kbin currently only supports one admin per instance
An overwhelmed admin could partially explain why a lot of spam comes from a particular instance. But it wouldn’t explain why most of the small instances generating spam have chosen kbin instead of lemmy.
Yes, it was. I’ve added a link to my local instance’s copy, for reference.
I’ve also noticed fewer corporate apologists and shills here than on reddit. Let’s hope it lasts.
We already have the IDs you mention in the URLs though, right? In the post I used as the example, the author’s home instance URL for the item is https://lebowski.social/post/12337
Yes, the needed information is already present in those URLs, but as URLs, they instruct the browser to leave the current site and visit the origin instance, which is not what we want. To get the desired behavior, we would want:
a way that can be easily learned to transform the URL by copy/paste by hand
Yep. That’s the kind of ID we want. :)
A unique ID doesn’t have to be long, opaque, and ugly like a UUID. All you need is a <locally-unique-number> + <originating-intance-domain>. Add a prefix to distinguish its type from other things at that domain, and you’ve got an ID that’s unique, readable, and easy to troubleshoot.
I think what we have here is more than just confederation, because the parts aren’t merely allied, but also operate as a unit.
This question might fuel some discussion over on [email protected] .
You’re assuming that the word federation means central governance over the component parts. It doesn’t. That’s just an element that happens to be present in well-known political federations, which are not the only kind.
When visiting another country, I try to set aside any habits from home that conflict with the local rules and conventions. It doesn’t matter if the same language is used in both.
I do the same when posting to another platform. It doesn’t matter if the same network protocols are used in both.
What you wrote would make sense if we were talking about Mastodon messages that just happened to be seen on Lemmy, but as already stated, we aren’t. “When making posts on Lemmy/Kbin” is the key phrase here.
OP clearly specified “When making posts on Lemmy/Kbin”. That is the context for this conversation.
This is not Mastodon.
Please don’t ever do that.
It bombards everyone with noise and wastes everyone’s screen space. (Much like abusing a username field by adding your life story to it.)
If people currently on a primitive platform want to participate in this one, they should learn to use the tools, or at least respect the local conventions.
If by short form you mean something like Twitter, there is Mastodon. Did you mean something else?
Just hope one wins and everyone posts there
That’s one way.
Fragmentation exists even on centralized systems, though. (How many Dungeons & Dragons subreddits are there? How many are there about cats?) So it’s probably best to temper expectations of one forum to rule them all, regardless of what platform we’re on.
or is there a technical solution?
We may start seeing fediverse clients that can group related communities together and show them as a single feed, like multireddits.
I’ve heard nothing but good about Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime. Haven’t played it myself.
I was a bit confused when you said local co-op. It implies 2 computers on the same local network
My friends call that LAN play or LAN co-op. To me, local co-op has always been a more general phrase, covering all of the above.
I thought about this, too, but decided to hold off for now.
The problem I see is that a bunch of the popular instances are already struggling to keep up with the influx of new users, so asking them to spend extra resources on federation with my server (which wouldn’t be serving more than a couple of people) seems like it would make their capacity problems worse.
I might do it once things settle down from the Reddit exodus.
I recently discovered TK Dodge RE and True Directional Movement. They make close combat feel so much better that I finally want to play a melee character. (And they’re not too demanding for relatively low spec hardware.)
The SimonMagus616 mechanic overhauls, collectively known as Simonrim, have caught my interest most recently. They seem very focused on improving the vanilla experience without unbalancing the game. There are about a dozen mods in the series, covering things from perk trees to encounter zones. All of them are linked near the bottom of the Adamant page.
The EnaiSiaion mechanic overhauls, collectively known as Enairim, lie on the other end of the spectrum . It has been years since I used one, but as I recall, they prioritized spectacular power over balance. They’re all linked near the bottom of the Ordinator page.
Alternate start: live another life - is a must to skip the intro wagon scene
Doesn’t that one conflict with a lot of other mods? I’ve been using Optional Quick Start to skip the intro, and haven’t found any conflicts yet.
My understanding is that it got a big surge of users at a time when it wasn’t really intended for the public, and is now having growing pains.