It's very healthy to question me or the 'Mask Group' why we're acquiring instances and applications related with Fediverse/Mastodon. Actually it's more than welcome. In the end we don't need any philosopher king. Don't trust me, trust the community. :)
@Sujiyan I'll bite. Why are you acquiring mastodon instances, and what will you do with them?
@socrates1024 first keep them alive! Gov agencies are around for large instance for a while. Secondly -- lots these major instances are on AWS etc. So more decentralization is need though the path is unclear. Also I think the current fediverse ID system is not DID - so some kind of cryptographic solution can be involved. W3C DID work as well - We happen to have a home brewed one next.id testing these days.
@Sujiyan I think my top wish list is
- e2e dms
- an escape hatch option using a blockchain so I can flee from antagonistic instance host,
- client support for peeking beyond fediblock boundary
- some support for algo recommendations maybe experimented with at the instance level.
Most of these could be done with an overlay client w/o needing instances, instances def help
@socrates1024 @Sujiyan try WireMin. it s a decentralized IM and Twitter with E2EE DM and voice call.
@kyoko @socrates1024 @Sujiyan P2P network is the biggest highlight. No central servers / IP tracking / data collected /ads and no email/phone number required for registration.
@hey110101 @socrates1024 @Sujiyan
how is it better than mastodon?