Disclaimer: I wrote this article and made this website.

There was some talk of this issue in the recent fediverse inefficiencies thread. I’m hopeful that in the future we’ll have a decentralized solution for file hosting but for now I deeply believe that users should pay for their own file hosting.

  • @TORFdot0@lemmy.world
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    415 hours ago

    Is a p2p system for media with the instances just hosting magnet links too slow for fediverse purposes? To me this seems like the most resilient way to handle media in a decentralized system

    • @ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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      215 hours ago

      If a social network is to take off, it must be accessible from mobile devices behind CGNAT (carrier grade network address translation).

      • 56!
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        16 hours ago

        p2p from behind a CGNAT works just fine as long as a single server is accessible and can mediate connections between other peers. Most non-servers are behind some sort of NAT these days.

        • @ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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          515 hours ago

          Because that’s where all the users are. The “social” aspect of a “social” network. Anyone can host a forum but it’s useless without users.