Boy I was wrong about the Fediverse • Hacker News Board

Re: Boy I was wrong about the Fediverse

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Post by Angostura » Sat, Mar 07, 2026, 2:05 PM UTC

onion2k wrote: post #39

darqis wrote: post #33

The Fediverse has one problem, concentration of users on few instances, mastodon.social being the largest. And cancel culture. Highly politically motivated cancel culture. What right do they believe to have to dictate to their users what the can and can't read? That should be solely in the user's hand. The irony of writing this in HN is ... whatever the right word is Also, fragmentation and visibility. It's neigh imp…

What right do they believe to have to dictate to their users what the can and can't read? That should be solely in the user's hand. Are they choosing what people can read, or are they choosing what they're willing to federate? No one is stopping people writing and publishing things on federated services. People are only choosing what they're willing to broadcast over the part of the service they run.

Exactly. Each instance is deciding who to federate with and each user is deciding which instance to join

Re: Boy I was wrong about the Fediverse

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Post by ArchieScrivener » Sat, Mar 07, 2026, 2:07 PM UTC

Reads like an intro to a Portlandia remake, only its 2010 nostalgia mixed with heavy handed Reddit-tier remembrances and jibes.

Your 'social media' purity is still some network engineers bastardization of bits. Forums, Usenet, irc, email groups,...

Lamenting what was or what could have been is useless when there is still work to be done directing the outcome.

Vent. Move on.

Re: Boy I was wrong about the Fediverse

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Post by Imustaskforhelp » Sat, Mar 07, 2026, 2:11 PM UTC

DeathArrow wrote: post #6

Why would I be interested in random people's opinions on various things? I wasted a few minutes of my life reading this rant. It was a total loss. I haven't been entertained by it and I couldn't find anything useful in it. Just the ramblings of a bitter person with which the Internet is filled.

> Just the ramblings of a bitter person with which the Internet is filled.

https://mirror.forum [0]

[0]:(I recently bought it and it was idling around, your comment made me think what I should add on it so I did. I hope you evaluate that you were being bitter in your comment as well)

> Why would I be interested in random people's opinions on various things?

Sadly, if you are asking such question, I don't think that the blog post was intended for ya.

Re: Boy I was wrong about the Fediverse

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Post by amelius » Sat, Mar 07, 2026, 2:12 PM UTC

> If the American press had given me 20 minutes of airtime I could have convinced everyone they don’t want to get involved with Greenland. We’re not tough enough as a people to survive in Greenland, much less “take it over”. Greenlandic people shrug off horrific injuries hundreds of kilometers from medical help with a smile. I watched a Greenlandic toddler munch meat from the spine of a seal with its head very much intact. We aren’t equipped to fuck with these people, they are the real deal.

Wow.

Re: Boy I was wrong about the Fediverse

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Post by dionian » Sat, Mar 07, 2026, 2:15 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #44

> If the American press had given me 20 minutes of airtime I could have convinced everyone they don’t want to get involved with Greenland. We’re not tough enough as a people to survive in Greenland, much less “take it over”. Greenlandic people shrug off horrific injuries hundreds of kilometers from medical help with a smile. I watched a Greenlandic toddler munch meat from the spine of a seal with its head very much i…

The US has long since wanted to purchase Greenland, not "fight" them, for strategic reasons. I'm not sure why there is this fantasy that the US is going to fight the Greenland people? Honestly.

Re: Boy I was wrong about the Fediverse

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Post by dawnerd » Sat, Mar 07, 2026, 2:21 PM UTC

darqis wrote: post #33

The Fediverse has one problem, concentration of users on few instances, mastodon.social being the largest. And cancel culture. Highly politically motivated cancel culture. What right do they believe to have to dictate to their users what the can and can't read? That should be solely in the user's hand. The irony of writing this in HN is ... whatever the right word is Also, fragmentation and visibility. It's neigh imp…

I run a very small instance and have zero problems finding content. I have a constant stream of posts to the point where its hard to keep up with. It's pretty much a myth that there's no content unless you're on a large instance.

Re: Boy I was wrong about the Fediverse

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Post by alance » Sat, Mar 07, 2026, 2:22 PM UTC

tamad wrote: post #21

> We all need pointless hobbies, but I care about YouTube stars like I care about distant stars dying. It’s interesting to someone somewhere but those people don’t talk to me. I mostly use social media as a place to waste time, not a platform to form para-social relationships to narcissists. I prefer my narcissism farm to table. I’d rather dig a grave with a rusty spoon than watch a Twitch “star”. I don’t really care…

There are probably parallels with rap artists. There are those that improvise and flow.

(the rest of us edit and re-edit)

Re: Boy I was wrong about the Fediverse

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Post by DFHippie » Sat, Mar 07, 2026, 2:23 PM UTC

dionian wrote: post #45

amelius wrote: post #44

> If the American press had given me 20 minutes of airtime I could have convinced everyone they don’t want to get involved with Greenland. We’re not tough enough as a people to survive in Greenland, much less “take it over”. Greenlandic people shrug off horrific injuries hundreds of kilometers from medical help with a smile. I watched a Greenlandic toddler munch meat from the spine of a seal with its head very much i…

The US has long since wanted to purchase Greenland, not "fight" them, for strategic reasons. I'm not sure why there is this fantasy that the US is going to fight the Greenland people? Honestly.

Because the US was threatening to take over Greenland by force maybe? There's a reason Denmark rushed soldiers there.

Re: Boy I was wrong about the Fediverse

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Post by jfengel » Sat, Mar 07, 2026, 2:24 PM UTC

darqis wrote: post #33

The Fediverse has one problem, concentration of users on few instances, mastodon.social being the largest. And cancel culture. Highly politically motivated cancel culture. What right do they believe to have to dictate to their users what the can and can't read? That should be solely in the user's hand. The irony of writing this in HN is ... whatever the right word is Also, fragmentation and visibility. It's neigh imp…

It's not practical for every user to choose each individual message to read. We allow others to help us filter. If you want the unfiltered version you go get it (and then try to find something under the torrent of spam).

The right to speak is not the same as the right to an audience. If users want to hear you they will seek you out. If not, you've said your peace, and that's all you're entitled to.

Re: Boy I was wrong about the Fediverse

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Post by beepbooptheory » Sat, Mar 07, 2026, 2:24 PM UTC

0ckpuppet wrote: post #25

tamad wrote: post #21

> We all need pointless hobbies, but I care about YouTube stars like I care about distant stars dying. It’s interesting to someone somewhere but those people don’t talk to me. I mostly use social media as a place to waste time, not a platform to form para-social relationships to narcissists. I prefer my narcissism farm to table. I’d rather dig a grave with a rusty spoon than watch a Twitch “star”. I don’t really care…

AI? I just read it and remembered how I got busted for writing papers for friends. Style and voice are tangible and I'm getting an uncanny valley creepy crawlies from the opening of this article. edit, maybe some AI segments, I would guess the author is young and will write differently in a few years.

Weird sentiment to have for some guy that says "uncanny valley creepy crawlies." Did you get your friends good grades??