Ghostalmedia to [email protected]English • 2 years agoThreads is officially starting to test ActivityPub integrationwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square245fedilinkarrow-up1456cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1456external-linkThreads is officially starting to test ActivityPub integrationwww.theverge.comGhostalmedia to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square245fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•2 years agoThe Threads software will still be centralized, but the network won’t be. It’s a bit like saying outlook.com email is centralized.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•2 years agoIt’s big, and that’s absolutely a threat from an embrace/extend/extinguish perspective. A big node on a decentralized network is still part of a decentralized network unless they start breaking the decentralization.
minus-squareDark ArclinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-22 years agoAll individual nodes are centralized. One of those nodes being big doesn’t mean the entire system becomes “centralized.” Email is decentralized despite Gmail having the major market share by far.
The Threads software will still be centralized, but the network won’t be. It’s a bit like saying outlook.com email is centralized.
It’s big, and that’s absolutely a threat from an embrace/extend/extinguish perspective. A big node on a decentralized network is still part of a decentralized network unless they start breaking the decentralization.
big node is still centralized
And the sky is still blue? Who cares?
point of fediverse is decentralization ._.
All individual nodes are centralized. One of those nodes being big doesn’t mean the entire system becomes “centralized.”
Email is decentralized despite Gmail having the major market share by far.
is contribute to centralization of whole network