This is bullshit. The total amount of advertising I want is zero. The total amount I want of tracking is zero. The total amount of experiments I want run on my data without consent is, guess, zero.
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Count me in. Fight for what, decide which capitalist exploits me? Not interested.
There's an entire political party built around it and you think people can't talk about it openly?
Definitely, AP is not magic. But if even within one protocol round-tripping and full-fidelity is impossible or very difficult, that makes it only harder and less likely through a bridge.
IMO bridging or translation isn't federation per se. Also it seems unlikely that protocols would converge to that extent. In fact AP implementations are already different enough that even within the same protocol it's hard to represent all the different activities instances can present.
I wouldn't really count Mastodon/Bluesky bridging as federation. They're incompatible protocols that were never intended to work together (arguably Bluesky was explicitly designed to avoid using AP).
For me the weirdest part of the interview is where he says he doesn't want to follow anyone, that he wants the algorithm to just pick up on his interests. It's so diametrically opposed to how I want to intentionally use social networks and how the fedi tends to work that it's sometimes hard to remember there are people who take that view.
Kind of interesting, especially on the diagnosis of the problem. The proposed solutions seem way out there, though, as one might expect from the founder of Blackwater.
Edit: Needless to say, I have no desire for imperialism to become more effective. But even in its own terms, the pro-market, private sector stuff is really odd and doesn't explain how all those rivals and enemies are doing so much better.
Can't happen soon enough.
Very informative. On paragraphs 61 and following, it clearly explains why the Israeli claims on human shields are improper and how attacks are not maintaining the principles of proportionality, distinction, and so on.
Ah, that does seem like it will solve the problem. Thanks!
It depends, but mostly no. And if that means some sites are not economically possible, so be it.