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Now that federation works, we need more clarity of source (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm seeing the federated content, but it's hard to tell where the content came from. Currently, the only reliable way to see the source is by reading the URL when you're viewing a thread. It doesn't work well on mobile though and it doesn't work for the feed.

How work everyone feel if the magazine included the source always? So instead of saying kbinMeta, you'd see [email protected]? Or would you prefer another solution?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I really hate that people want to tie their identity to the fucking website they use. Who gives a shit what instance you came from, just contribute to the discussion!

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's not about tying your identity to a site, it's about respecting the community you're posting in. Magazines aren't just tags, they are spaces with their own moderators and rules. That's why it was important to know which sub you were in on Reddit and it's no different here.

I don't need to know where a user is from but I do need to know the source of the post.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

It matters. For example, if Stormfront runs an instance, that instance will be full of Nazis. There's no way they will tolerate anybody else there. Ergo, if you know someone is from the Stormfront instance, you know they're either a Nazi or they're lost and so clueless that they don't realize what all the funny crosses mean.

Stormfront people (again, this is an example) will then sic their userbase on any thread about Judaism. They will intentionally exploit the confusion created by lack of context. They will create threads which users don't realize are transferring them from the world of ordinary humans into the Nazi dimension, where they will be confused and bewildered by the fact that suddenly 80% of their online peers are expressing the kinds of views that are expressed by a Stormfront denizen.

The same will be true when NazBols run an instance and it is already true of the pro-genocide tankies that kbin is already federated with.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

It's not like that, though. Please don't just assume what our intentions are. We just get confused sometimes, especially on mobile, when there are maintenance and update posts for other sites that make it seem like it's going to be implemented here. The only way I distinguish between here and there is whether it's posted by Ernest or somebody else. If we could distinguish between posts by this site and others, we'd be up to date on other sites' development without getting misled.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It's not very important on a basic server, like kbin.social or mstdn.social. But the people on mstdn.lgbt probably like the fact that they're on an LGBT server.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Right! Like “omg, I can’t be caught emailing friends from outlook. It’s not the best!”