Why would a main server be required if users can fluently interact across Instances? (which, imo, is an area where lemmy has the most margin for improvements)
Why would a main server be required if users can fluently interact across Instances? (which, imo, is an area where lemmy has the most margin for improvements)
I don’t think a “main” instance is something we want. If one instance completely takes over the whole federation, we will have another reddit debacle in a few years.
While Decentralization is not a silver bullet against monopoly (just look at what gmail did to e-mails), centralization seems to always kill independence once platforms reach a critical mass
I think with the influx from reddit, which gathers a lot of technical users (which I think are also among the first users to migrate), I can see lemmy getting a lot more contributors in the coming days/weeks.
Among the features I’d love to see happen, some would also address your concerns about the lack of centralization :
While it’s very similar to botw, it fixes a few things and introduces a lot of new fun mechanics. If you enjoyed botw, there is no way you don’t have fun with totk.
I’ve never used peertube, but I heard it’s getting pretty good.
However, after considering hosting a peertube instance, I can see what a large actor such as Google can bring to the table for resource intensive services, such as video hosting
The last two Zelda games (especially totk) lets the player get really creative as well
Since I’ve joined lemmy, I’ve been thinking about some kind of “community merging” feature.
A “meta community” would be able to “follow” other communities across the fediverse and posts from followed communities would show up in the “meta community’s” feed. Posts from followed communities would remain on their original instances, or they could be duplicated to the meta community’s instance.
There are a lot of details to work out, but I think this would add a lot more usability to lemmy and the fediverse as a whole