• Hypx@fedia.io
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    4 months ago

    So many instances block Hexbear and others. We are well on the path of creating separated communities, just with the added headache of having to police federation. Not to mention the problem of power users and out-of-control mods, which federation makes worse rather than solving them.

    Ultimately, I think a real Reddit replacement will have to think hard about fixing the fundamental problems of this form of social media, rather than attempting to use buzzwords or cool new ideas.

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      4 months ago

      We are well on the path of creating separated communities

      We might, but compared to what it was when those very distinct group of people stumbled upon each other, it wasn’t really pleasant either.

      A potential scenario might be a few groups of federated servers

      • hard left: hexbear, lemmygrad, lemmy.ml
      • servers that block the first group, because they think it’s better: e.g. blahaj
      • server who will federate with everyone: lemm.ee, reddthat, etc.

      And I guess it’s okay. People can move their subscriptions in two clicks anyway, it’s easy to change instances