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cerevant @ cerevant @lemmy.world
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why can't we have federated identity ?

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  • It is really clear until a newb tries to use it:

    • Someone gives you a link, or you find it in search
    • You click on the link, because that's what you do with links
    • It takes you to what you are looking for, but it says you have to log in to comment or vote
    • You log in so you can comment or vote

    The UX for interacting with off-instance subs is abysmal. What is even worse is that as far as I can tell, there is no way to link a post or comment that is instance relative / instance independent.

    • Second largest Lemmy instance preemptively un-friends Facebook

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  • They couldn’t get any of that information through a federated instance. If they federated, you wouldn’t interact with them, your instance would.

    • Second largest Lemmy instance preemptively un-friends Facebook

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  • Your data is publicly available. Facebook can get it right now, they don’t even need to fire up an instance.

    • Second largest Lemmy instance preemptively un-friends Facebook

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  • Facebook can harvest all the data in all the instances while being defederated.

    • Don't Join Threads - Make Threads Join You

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  • I this this requires some more subtlety: defederating from a corporate-controlled competitor can prevent Embrace/Extend/Extinguish.

    Meanwhile, I think it would be perfectly sensible for businesses to create their own Fediverse instances on their own domain to control their social media presence, and avoid paying to be recognized as who you are. Communities on their instance could replace the once-ubiquitous forums.

    • What will Meta gain from fediversing?

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  • If the fediverse wants to retain its independence from Meta, the content producers of significance need to be convinced of the value of being in control of their brand while still having access to the user base of Threads. If the content producers go to Threads, the fediverse becomes irrelevant.

    • "The magazine from the federated server may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance." - why does this appear and how can I turn it off? I cannot log in to other servers to post

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  • I get the point, but the prominence of it makes it look like an error. Frankly, I find it a bit anti federation, like the only reliable content is on-instance.