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Steps towards a safer fediverse (privacy.thenexus.today)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The good news is that there are some straightforward opportunities for significant short-term safety improvements. If fediverse funders, developers, businesses, and "influencers" start prioritizing investing in safety, the fediverse can turn what's currently a big weakness into a huge strategic advantage.

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It's about people, not just the software and the protocol
It's also about the software
And it's about the protocol, too
Threat modeling and privacy by design can play a big role here
Design from the margins – and fund it!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Agreed that there isn't one particular model that's right or wrong for everybody, and that a split is likely -- a region like today's fedi and that welcomes Threads, and a more safety-focused region (with more blocking, a more consent-based federation).