I don't think federated social media models are good. I *REALLY* want to. I just don't think they work.
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Replying to @generativist
Is this meant to imply that centralized social media models are "working"?
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They are in at least the narrow sense that they monopolize our attention. So here, by "work," I mean, "stand a chance to change that balance."
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I 100% think trying to do so anyway is worth the effort. (Eg Im not-dispassionately routing for
@rabble rn.) But I also want to "win" in the sense of finding the intersection of <Is Better> and <Can peel off users>. I don't think federated identity can do that. Not enough carrot.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Just because I read it recently and because I don't haven't written anything myself on it, I think a lot of what
@adamierymenko said in this post tries to find the balance well, http://adamierymenko.com/decentralization.html …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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He was talking about something else, so "efficiency, security, decentralization, pick two" isn't the same for social. But I think decentralization does come in last for social, too.
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Hot take: It's really hard to produce and sustain sufficient interactions on decentralized social network (as they are now) to come close to overwhelming those of centralized networks, so the evolutionary pressures are bad.
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Yeah, I agree. Here's to a near future where that level of interaction becomes an unfashionable and unsustainable thing of the past.
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I think I want the same level of interactions. Just, under heterogeneous control and way more agency. Decentralized/federated gets that naturally. But maybe not the only way to do so.
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