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  • odama626@lemmy.worldOPtoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldfederated logseq
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    1 year ago

    The primary reason I want federation is, if I self host it and let other people join then I ultimately control their data and they are locked in, so it could eventually turn into the same centralized authoritarian bs that notion / todoist has and probably most other proprietary stuff.

    Activity pub is the only current answer to centralization I’ve seen so far




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    1 year ago

    I do support those who host stuff but I’d much rather donate to a community run solution like Lemmy.world than do it myself, I know there are people who enjoy doing it and are much better at managing infra than I am.

    Edit: also I think Lemmy / mastadon having servers that anyone can join has really lowered the bar to entry and helped drive engagement.

    I do currently host the backend


















  • I came up with what I think is a pretty good explanation when trying to explain the beehaw fiasco to a friend last night, here it is copy pastad

    Think of it like cell service

    You have TMobile, I have Google fi

    But we can still talk because they both use 4g

    But then Google fi blocked TMobile so I can’t talk to you anymore

    And if I want to be able to talk to people on TMobile and Google fi I would have to transfer my service to att

    But also, the service is free to setup and run on your own

    So instead of 3 or 4 big cell carriers there are thousands

    Also, some added info: Also, with the fediverse, when you transfer service you can take your data with you Just like you can take your text messages and phone number with you Fediverse meaning all the apps that work this way, like mastodon and Lemmy (at least those two one have data transfers I think)

    Edit: can’t transfer account