Imagine a world without platform lock-in, where no ban or billionaire could take down your social network. That’s what ActivityPub has planned.

Imagine a world without platform lock-in, where no ban or billionaire could take down your social network. That’s what ActivityPub has planned.

  • iAmTheTot@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    I mean I can’t be the only one who doesn’t enjoy the idea of setting up a new account if the ship you picked in the beginning sinks a few years later. You make it sound so simple but at least to me it would be a huge drag.

    • SJ_Zero@lemmy.fbxl.netEnglish
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      2 years ago

      My POV is a bit different than most people, because I built my own ship, and I reach out to other instances using it.

      Because I agree, I don’t want to be relying on someone else to maybe grace me with a fediverse account.

    • mkhoury@lemmy.ca
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      2 years ago

      This is why having frictionless one-button migration seems really important to me. Imagine that your Lemmy client keeps a constant backup of your profile so that if and when your instance go down, you can set up shop somewhere else super easily. Or when an instance get too big, or then you feel like it, you can instance-hop super simply. This is the future I’d want. You control your profile, noone else.