Gregory's Server@jdp23 I'm not seeing the "good business reasons for doing a decentralized network" for Meta?
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 @jdp23 Hmm. I don't think I understand what he means with "decentralized". Meta in the business of shipping installable server-side software, golden master, patch releases, that kind of thing? Obviously I don't know, nobody does, but I would consider this to be supremely unlikely. Offering an API for 3rd-party software that their biz customers and large-scale influencers can use? Sure. But that's hardly decentralized and hardly new. Using AP as part of that API? Yes for my reasons 2 and 3.  @J12t "Decentralized" doesn't necessarily mean "everybody can install it and run it themselves." I can certainly see them offering something that orgs with IT staffs can host on their own for their communities. For individuals, I can see them partnering with approved hosting vendors -- in fact one way to think about their outreach to instance admins is as an experiment, a proof point if it succeeds or something that can be easily discarded and blamed on others if it doesn't. |
@J12t see @darnell.moe's points here and the ensuing discussion for several good reasons
https://darnell.moe/notes/9gczpdpwd1