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PSA: You can't delete photos uploaded to Lemmy. So don't (accidentally) upload a nude (tech.michaelaltfield.net)
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[–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

For the health of the internet you want people scattered across millions of websites

I don't understand this point. Federation brings everyone together. I don't understand why it's bad for everyone to spread out.

Preventing congregation weakens the effectiveness of disinformation and propaganda campaigns, and protects against bullying

This is a contradiction. This is an argument for having everyone decentralized rather then together in massive content silos.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    This is an argument for having everyone decentralized rather then together in massive content silos.

    Yes, if everyone is together it is much easier for misinformation to spread

    If a Russian content farm was to try and get a message out would it be easier if they made one post seen by millions or thousands of posts seen by a few thousand people

    Even Lemmy mods know federation is a bad thing because their answer to preventing the above is defederating

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