Andrew on Nostr: This is one of the fundamental problems of the Fediverse/ActivityPub model, where ...
This is one of the fundamental problems of the
Fediverse/ActivityPub model, where your chosen instance is the
arbitrator of what you see.
In comparison,
even if the operator of a big Nostr relay bans/blocks an account, users
who follow that account can still see their stuff because they're
generally connected to multiple relays at the same time.
On
top of that, even if every relay in my list blocks an account I follow,
NIP-65 makes it so that my client will find which relays that account
posts to and pull in their content. Only I get to choose who is blocked
from my feed, not the relays.
Myth: The #Fediverse™ Is Decentralised™
I run my own #Mastodon instance just for myself. An instance of one. What does that mean on today’s fediverse?
It means I’m on mastodon.social.
What?
That makes no sense!
Let me explain:
Since I have my own instance, surely I decide who I follow and anyone can follow me, right?
Wrong.
For ~1M accounts, Eugen decides. If he blocks my instance, a large number of people who follow me today will no longer be able to.
So I may as well be on his server.
Published at
2023-06-20 09:55:12Event JSON
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