Ben Pate 馃馃徎
@benpate@mastodon.social  路  activity timestamp 7 days ago

I'd love to know more about what you're thinking here.

I don't think we're replacing #Webfinger. I think we're trying to follow through on #WhatCorySaid at #FediForum (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_Gs1t0qe78)

...which is basically: Let regular people take their account to a new server any time they want, without relying on awful XML/CSV import/export jobs. This would go a long way to solving Fediverse UX issues and preventing enshitification.

Is there more that I've missed?

@mro @j12t @tchambers
Johannes Ernst
@j12t@j12t.social  路  activity timestamp last week

We need to separate identity from servers in the ActivityPub world. It's time. I should be able to have a single identity and use it with lots of servers from Mastodon to Lemmy and beyond.

Then, various instances could reflect different communities with different people in them, different features and policies.

This also would elegantly solve the "instance selection paralysis" in @tchambers 's Deadly Fediverse UX sin #1.

Fortunately @benpate is starting to assemble people to solve this.
Marcus Rohrmoser 馃尰
@mro@digitalcourage.social  路  activity timestamp 7 days ago

Hi @j12t @tchambers @benpate,
isn't #discovery without #webfinger (hostnames and dns in effect) a #fallacy and thus #centralisation in disguise?