Post APXkrZ0l7pi3xtandQ by Angle@anticapitalist.party
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 (DIR) Post #APXkrZ0l7pi3xtandQ by Angle@anticapitalist.party
       2022-11-12T23:31:59Z
       
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       So, the fediverse is pretty neat - but, it's all pretty casual, so far as I can tell? Like, things are put together kind of however is convenient, without a ton of long term thinking or coordination, so far as I can tell. I'll admit I'm not a dev or an instance admin or anything, but I feel like some additional structure could be beneficial? What about y'all? What do you think? Does the Fediverse need more structure? :/
       
 (DIR) Post #APXkrZaD0249jqB6tE by Angle@anticapitalist.party
       2022-11-12T23:37:08Z
       
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       I guess the obvious immediate response to that is 'What kind of structure?" So, lets see if we can define that next.To start off with, I feel like there are certain roles that aren't really fulfilled in the Fediverse at the moment? Like, you have instance admins, and you have code devs... And that's about it. Having dedicated organizations for running server infrastructure, for example, would probably be worthwhile, instead of putting that on admins.
       
 (DIR) Post #APXkraGkRs5rrm55CC by Angle@anticapitalist.party
       2022-11-12T23:39:18Z
       
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       Dedicated organizations for moderation, as well. And all of these things should be duplicable and interchangeable? Like, if I want to throw up a masto server, I should have multiple different choices for infrastructure and moderation orgs, if I want to outsource those parts of running an instance. :/
       
 (DIR) Post #APXkrb2FbG5iF6J1Em by Angle@anticapitalist.party
       2022-11-12T23:42:04Z
       
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       Beyond that, having dedicated orgs for doing localization, or UI review, or the like. These can work across different software versions even, perhaps. And then we'll probably need orgs for doing various management tasks - distributing money between these (You want to sign up for twelve different Liberapay pages? Yeah me neither. :/), creating new ones, reviewing them to make sure they're actually doing their jobs well, etc.
       
 (DIR) Post #APXkrbgJCK8MFL30fw by Angle@anticapitalist.party
       2022-11-12T23:43:37Z
       
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       Infosec, also, could probably benefit from a dedicated organization. Someone who has it as their primary job to find security vulnerabilities and report them to the people responsible for the software. :/
       
 (DIR) Post #APXkrcCvF4DnsUJ3Vg by Angle@anticapitalist.party
       2022-11-12T23:46:17Z
       
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       And of course, when it come to actually establishing all of this stuff, having a common set of principles would probably come in handy. Something like:-Purpose: Orgs should have a simple clearly stated explicit purpose, and should ultimately justify their existence as part of the network based on this purpose.-Transparency: Orgs should be clear, transparent, and accountable about their purposes, methods, effects, structure, workings, and actions.
       
 (DIR) Post #APXkrcnn1ziDipYUyW by Angle@anticapitalist.party
       2022-11-12T23:47:01Z
       
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       -Accountability: Orgs should have clearly stated mechanisms of accountability to the wider community to ensure that they fulfill their purpose, and do so well.-Redundancy: There should be multiple orgs in the ecosystem for every purpose, so that no one org is indispensable or irreplaceable.-Variation: Orgs should strive to be different from each other, such that people have a meaningful choice when choosing between them.
       
 (DIR) Post #APXkrdCFZ3HIwh026K by Azure@tailswish.industries
       2022-11-12T23:55:39.925915Z
       
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       @Angle Accountability and Specificity are the two big things I see missing in Fediblock.Specifying /why/ something is blocked in a useful way.And some reputational loss where someone can become widely known as unreliable and listened to less if the target doesn't match the claimed behavior.
       
 (DIR) Post #APXkrmBs7pK6q7tMGG by Angle@anticapitalist.party
       2022-11-12T23:47:15Z
       
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       -Limitation: Orgs should not seek to grow to large or too powerful. If a node needs to be larger than a certain point, it should seek to create child nodes, instead. Depending on the circumstances, Orgs may even need to have explicit senescence – an allotted lifespan after which they must be dissolved.-Interdependence: Orgs should work together and rely on each other, and should seek to benefit each other where possible.
       
 (DIR) Post #APXkrsmFdTzLGgxUnY by Angle@anticapitalist.party
       2022-11-12T23:47:22Z
       
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       -Altruism: Orgs should seek to make the world a better place wherever and whenever possible.-Succession: It should be easy to enter or leave the ecosystem. There should not be any kind of wall or moat to prevent entrance or exit. Orgs should not make it harder for others to replace them, and the system as a whole should be well prepared for this, including exit strategies for those involved with said nodes.