Post AWrkRFCb1RQJScskca by kornel@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AWrkQJkccmB7HMM6bY by daringfireball@mastodon.social
2023-06-19T22:33:02Z
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Not That Kind of ‘Open’https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/06/19/not-that-kind-of-open
(DIR) Post #AWrkQKXXgtJHj5FArA by John@socks.masto.host
2023-06-19T22:34:16Z
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@daringfireball I really think it is a vocal minority, and the vast majority are just waiting to see what happens.Update: I think the homeowners association comparison works here too. I have been in a homeowners association. Like 80 to 90% of owners I stayed out of it. I figure 10 to 20% are really active, and 1 or 2% really want to take control and do things.Our best association president was an old realtor who knew everything and just calmed everybody down.
(DIR) Post #AWrkRFCb1RQJScskca by kornel@mastodon.social
2023-06-19T22:45:52Z
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@daringfireball Openness isn’t merely a protocol thing. It’s a delicate power balance.When an entity larger than all other combined joins, it may become "too big to fail" and start dictating terms. Gmail unilaterally dictates who can use SMTP. GitHub became the center of decentralised git. Systems tend to centralise.
(DIR) Post #AWrkRG33sNOI5LQeOm by nmn@indieweb.social
2023-06-19T22:54:49Z
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@kornel @daringfireball Yes, and the way to fight with GMail isn’t to “block” gmail from other email services. That hurts the other email services, not Gmail.Meta’s threads doesn’t *need* ActivityPub. It has Instagram’s far larger network. Blocking them from your mastodon instance only hurts you, not them. It resigns Mastodon to forever being that weird niche rather than part of the mainstream.Integrate and use it to make yourself mainstream!
(DIR) Post #AWrkbzkeo8OWj7wMAy by adrianhaus@mastodon.social
2023-06-19T22:54:10Z
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@kornel What do you mean by Gmail dictating who can use SMTP?Also, did Gmail make SMTP worse? Did GitHub make git worse?