We will need small and independent commercial providers for the Fediverse.

  • ASCIIansi@infosec.pub
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    1 year ago

    I can’t help but think that the censorship would be way way worse if local governments were hosting. Not to mention that they would be most likely to require having people’s true identities when creating accounts.

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      1 year ago

      I’m simply suggesting it as an option, not as the entire thing. Nothing would stop people from having their own instances, and as far as the local governments front, they would likely each have their own criteria for joining, if any.

      This is the only way I could realistically see an actual “public square of the internet”