@strypey@smallcircles@rolle@wrigleyfield I wrote a proposal to the developers to add the ability to back up data on one of the friendly servers. Server owners could negotiate data reinsurance for their users and offer them additional account security guarantees.
@PavelVoronezh One idea that app devs could look into, is embedding in third-party apps the ability to recreate your social network on a new server. In ways that will still work if the original server is completely gone. This could optionally include automating a regular backup of all your posts to your device. So they can be auto-posted to your new account, ideally with the date altered to reflect the original posting date.
@PavelVoronezh My app translates your post as being concerned about the risk of losing your identity and network, if the server hosting it goes down.
The lack of account portability is a serious limitation of the ActivityPub protocol that defines the way servers federate. One that's getting a lot of discussion among devs. One of the challenges is how to make accounts and posts more portable, without making the network more vulnerable to spammers and trolls.
@wrigleyfield I have over 7000 followers on Twitter and nowadays and posts get barely any comments whatsover. And if so, the trolls...
Here on the contrary, hundreds of comments, lots of boosts... etc. It's like two different worlds.
On my instance and many others like https://universeodon.com there's open text search available. Hashtags are good too. This place works already (at least for me) better than Twitter ever did.
@rolle@wrigleyfield@strypey Rakastan sitä, mitä teet. Tämä on erittäin tärkeää kansalaisyhteiskunnan ja ihmisten välisen viestinnän kehittämisen kannalta. Haluan kertoa teille huolenaiheistani siirtymisestä ei kovin suosittuihin palvelimiin. Minun tilini, tämä on minun maailmani. Minun persoonallisuuteni, ystäväni. Jos siirryn uudelle palvelimelle ja se lakkaa toimimasta jostain syystä, menetän kaiken. Käytännössä minun on aloitettava uusi elämä. Onko olemassa keinoja välttää tällainen skenaario?
@strypey@rolle I guess our experiences were very different! My Twitter count was the perfect size for me on that platform (~7,000 followers: big enough to have really interesting conversations in a setting where an algorithm shows you to followers’ followers; small enough that I almost never had random trolls pop up). I really want this place to work but I’ve had a lot of challenge getting anywhere near the same level of interesting exchange here. 🤷🏻♀️ It’s so hard to find the posts I want too!
@wrigleyfield I've always found the fediverse less toxic than *any* part of Titter I've experienced. With temporary exceptions, when there's a huge influx of newbies hopped up on DataFarm algorithm nosecandy, and spoiling for a fight. But before long they always calm down. Or block me, or leave for lack of drama etc. Either way, it's a problem that appears to solve itself.
(Side note: Timed Mute is really handy for getting usually good people out of your face if they're getting snappy)
@wrigleyfield No comment covers all criticisms. I was addressing criticisms based on the lack of features like Quote Posts, which can be used in almost every fedi app *except* Mastodon.
> the less toxic parts of Twitter
... is not something technologists can recreate for you. That's up to the people who want it, and there are *many* moderation tools available, at both account and server level.
@rolle@strypey Thanks. I'm on Mastodon; it was a tongue-in-cheek question aimed at the idea that those of us who've found Mastodon a disappointing social media experience are expecting it to replace all social networks at once, or something
@rolle > Mastodon/Fediverse is still the best place to be on social media. Let's make this even better.
100%. One problem that causes friction for newbies is the expectation that Mastodon can be all things to all people. Somehow we need to convince people who want an InstaGram/TikTok-a-like experience to try PixelFed, or people who want more of a neighbourhood feel to try Hometown, or people who want Quote Posts to try FireFish. The fediverse has so much more to offer than Mastodon.