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Lemmy and Mastodon feel like the real web3. (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by kiriakos@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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I think this decentralization and federation is what web3 is all about, without all the corporations calling everything to do with monkey pixel art that costs a million dollars "web3"

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[-] Hyperslob@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I'm enjoying the lemmy.world experience, and I believe decentralised social networking could be the future. I am a refugee from Reddit and hopeful there is hope for a open, community focused platform.

As for this platform, I am apprehensive about somebody running the server I have my account with having the power to remove my account and my posts, but I guess this is true of any network in existence.

My concern in the long run is who pays for the hardware and energy costs even if it is federated. Without some kind of reliable funding model who will pay the bills?

Hopeful for many enjoyable encounters in the Fediverse.

[-] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago

It's no different from using an email provider. Just get one that you trust will stay a while. But there are no guarantees. Google could kill off GMail tomorrow.

[-] Veni_Vidic_Vici@vlemmy.net 2 points 2 years ago

I agree. I think there are moderstion logs though which is a good step towards transparency, I think there should be admin logs too for the same.

As for the running costs, I hope there is a more transparent system rather than running it for profit and selling it to corporations.

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[-] ndr@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I do not like using Web3 to refer to federated platforms. Indeed, Web3 is strongly associated with blockchains, cryptocurrencies and NFTs.

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[-] D3F4U1T_ARS@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah I feel the same too. And I think decentralization is the only way to web3.

Distributed networks are very very complex to make. But decentralized networks have the simplicity and features of centralized networks with the addition of freedom that distributed networks give.

The best of both worlds really.

[-] Jummit@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

Related: https://web3isgoinggreat.com

[-] MrsMouse@social.dsmouse.net 3 points 2 years ago

@kiriakos or skipped 3 and went right to web 4.0

[-] fubo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

What we're seeing here seems more like a restoration of the architecture of pre-web Internet services, like SMTP, NNTP, or IRC.

The protocols are built on top of HTTPS and JSON as a session layer, rather than on lines of ASCII as in those classic protocols ... but the architecture looks a lot more like "a bunch of servers under independent administration, that agree to share messages with each other in a network" than like anything with the stink of blockchains on it.