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Out of curiosity, why do you guys think the Fediverse is still not taking off? (lemmy.ml)
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I've thought about it a bit and the Fediverse has been around for a while now. There are some really cool applications being made to replace the mainstream ones, but they just aren't taking off.

Why do you guys think that might be? Ease of use? Addiction to the mainstream platforms? Lack of marketing?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago) (1 children)
  • There are no platforms/client/protocols for meaningful discussions, like NNTP/usenet was, only twitter/reddit/instagram clones. The fediverse often tries to compete with FAANGs on their own turf instead of choosing new paradigms.
  • Interesting content is key. Most platforms don't have any effective and user-centered search/filter algorithm.
  • Architecture issues: users have to trust random strangers to run a server reliably and securely (or fall for yet another blockchain)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 years ago (2 children)

Architecture issues: users have to trust random strangers to run a server reliably and securely (or fall for some blockchain-based scam)

Even though it's a bit more scary, its actually likely to be more secure. If there are many smaller instance, unless there is a fatal security flaw with the software itself, it is unlikely that more than one instance at a time gets compromised, which leads to much less total damage done than if a GAFAM is hacked (and that happens, recently twitter was hacked , which lead to a bunch of CEO's account being hacked and being used for a scam).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 years ago

Distributed networks obviously distribute risk, but with more attack vectors and more non-professional instance managers it definitely is less secure.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago

This does not solve the problem of reliability. Also, better solutions are possible: Briar, for example, does not require a server to store and forward (cleartext) messages.