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Well, they don't. I am on Linux and there is no point in arguing over "shoulds" unless you tell me that there is any other FOSS kernel that can support the hardware and software applications that I need.

The idea is not to have to talk with everyone in the circle, but to have enough people to create a long tail of niche interests.

Takahe is IMO the opposite of "single user software" . It shines when you want to host multiple users with multiple different domains and identities.

some bizarre reason

Help is sorely needed. if you create a match thread and add the #NFL tag, you'll surely get some participation from the Mastodon crowd.

Right, but the problem with them is "bad usability", which amounts to "friction".

Like I said in the original comment, I kinda believe that things will get so bad that we will eventually have to accept that the internet can only be used if we use these tools, and that "the market" starts focusing on building the tools to lower these barriers of entry, instead of having their profits coming from Surveillance Capitalism.

requiring a proof of identity or tracking users is a privacy disaster and I'm sure many people (especially here) would outright refuse to give IDs to companies.

The Blockchain/web3/Cypherpunk crowd already developed solutions for that. ZK-proofs allow you to confirm one's identity without having to reveal it to public and make it impossible to correlate with other proofs.

Add other things like reputation-based systems based on Web-Of-Trust, and we can go a long way to get rid of bots, or at least make them as harmless as email spam is nowadays.

Not even the biggest tech companies have an answer sadly…

They do have an answer: add friction. Add paywalls, require proof of identity, start using client-signed certificates which needs to be validated by a trusted party, etc.

Their problem is that these answers affect their bottom line.

I think (hope?) we actually get to the point where bots become so ubiquitous that the whole internet will become some type of Dark Forest and people will be forced to learn how to deal with technology properly.

This is not a matter for instance admins but for proper community moderation.

Btw, it would be amazing to see @[email protected] posting into this community. Let me know if you need any help to get interop between Lemmy and Mastodon.

If anyone from framework is listening to this: I'd be more than glad to give full control over this community to any of your social media staff

Yes, it is possible.

I am the instance admin, and I am asking you to check it precisely because I am trying to troubleshoot it...

My point is that we should take their current approach as a good thing.

I"m not saying that we should blindly trust them, but I am saying that if we want corporations to Do The Right Things, then it's a lot better to let them have a seat at the table and participate with the community than to simply ostracize them forever because of their past wrongdoings.