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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Websites are indistinguishable from each other except for their content.

Federated instances can be like web service providers, only limiting malicious content from users. The magazines/communities are like web sites on a particular host, such as WordPress. They control the content within their scope.

What you are suggesting is that instances should be like AOL, curating the experience. Which is fine if some of them want to do that, but it shouldn't be the standard.

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

What he's suggesting is that instances can be like AOL. Not that they have to be. Each instance can present whatever sort of interface to the fediverse that it wants, and people can pick and choose which one they like.

[–] ttmrichter 1 points 1 year ago

Websites are indistinguishable from each other except for their content.

Newspapers are indistinguishable from each other except for their content.

Books are indistinguishable from each other except for their content.

Movies are indistinguishable from each other except for their content.

Yep, it's just as vapid no matter what media you plug in there.