James R Kirk

Lol, well if we agree on something then you know it’s serious. This guy doesn’t seem to understand that his issue with “Lemmy” is a fundamental one.

The purpose, 👏THE.👏PURPOSE.👏of the ActivityPub protocol is to give ultimate moderation power to instance owners (as opposed to a singular, usually corporate, owner).

That is (and I can’t stress this enough) the entire point.

ActivityPub is designed to create platforms that enable customized moderation experiences in order to resist corporate/commercial influence.

ActivityPub also resists government censorship, because a thousand copies get made for every post, one for every federated instance.

If you’re looking for a platform where your personal speech can be forced upon others then ActivityPub is quite literally the opposite of what you’re looking for.

I love the idea of an instance for a whole metro area, then each neighborhood could have it’s own community.