I used to think that there would be 1, main 'Fediverse' with all of the 'big instances' connected to each other. The recent Threads debacle has shown me otherwise.

The point of the Fediverse is that there is no one single entity, or group of entities, dominating it all.

Right now it feels like whatever the big instances do, we kind of have to go along with to be a part of anything. As the Fediverse grows, there will be more options to suit different types of users.

I think it's fine if big instances federate with Threads and it's fine if they don't. People can just join instances that align with what they want. It's not like defederating means being cut out of the Fediverse, that's not possible.

Great design. I'm eager to see how it plays out.

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[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 98 points 11 months ago (24 children)

The most reasonable solution I’ve seen so far, from the pixelfed and pixelfed.social creator

https://mastodon.social/@dansup/111617703110836835

[–] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Did Dan ever get the messaging service Sup going? Tried to look it up, but his name being Dansup is throwing a wrench in my Googlefu.

[–] breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

@supapp@pixelfed.social

Releasing in beta soon!

[–] sab@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Also searching for #sup in Mastodon has been a good way to find information about developments. Not so necessary now that there's an official account I guess. :)

[–] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 2 points 11 months ago

Thanks for the tip!

[–] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 3 points 11 months ago

I am unreasonably excited about this. Where I live, there's no decent options for Internet or cell signal. Which means normal calling/texting doesn't work, and regular Wi-Fi calling/texting is choppy at the best of times. My whole family uses WhatsApp for everything. I'm hoping I can get them to switch to something like this once it's stable.

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