Posts by tree@social.gwei.cz
(DIR) Post #AO6FsTfHtxN4arCqgK by tree@social.gwei.cz
2022-09-30T19:39:00Z
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@fuxoft I just installed Mastodon on our Gwei.cz VPS and installing and running it through Docker is easy and without issue. But i agree that documentation is a bit confusing.
(DIR) Post #AOO9KjO9plPREyRLDU by tree@social.gwei.cz
2022-10-09T10:41:51Z
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@rysiek Unfortunately, we have no such decentralised services.Federated platforms are great, but they lack the network effect.
(DIR) Post #AOOLCP0UvYKtA4AUs4 by tree@social.gwei.cz
2022-10-09T11:32:26Z
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@rysiek Yes, you're absolutely right. Many projects that call themselves "web3" are just a way for VCs to get money out of people. The incentivisation game attracts a lot of dishonest people trying to fool people who don't know how to work with these new freedoms.
(DIR) Post #AOOLCPQNNL2ISKHACu by tree@social.gwei.cz
2022-10-09T11:33:29Z
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@rysiek But that doesn't change what I said - we don't have decentralized platforms like Telegram, GitHub, or Discord. Email is a nice example of how federalization doesn't work very well in the long run - most people today have an account at someone in GAFA anyway.
(DIR) Post #AOOLCQNZpEOJPvyRU0 by tree@social.gwei.cz
2022-10-09T11:56:31Z
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@rysiek Yes, the Matrix is almost there, but not yet. And unfortunately, it's only federalized. We need a true decentralized identity and data - not one that is tied to a single homeserver, instance, server etc.
(DIR) Post #AOOLCRAUtLWTrerVjc by tree@social.gwei.cz
2022-10-09T12:12:44Z
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@rysiek Of course we need community spaces where everyone can make whatever rules they want. But we equally need a non-technical individual to be able to own their data and identity in a decentralized way.If a fedi identity was written on a blockchain, it would be easily transferable elsewhere and we could really *own it*. Right now, the administrator of our fedi instance owns it.
(DIR) Post #AOOLCRbRHB4dDDT1jE by tree@social.gwei.cz
2022-10-09T12:18:44Z
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@rysiek Web3 addresses exactly this problems - if you're a fan of decentralization and don't care, then it can be a bit hypocritical 🤪Or do you not mind that your fedi identity (and data) is effectively owned by someone who manages mastodon.technology?
(DIR) Post #AOOLCSdxPIgMRJeYIC by tree@social.gwei.cz
2022-10-09T12:42:49Z
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@rysiek Yes, you can have fiat money in multiple banks, you can move it around easily (if they let you), you can stash state money under your bed and self-host it if you want. But the point of bitcoin, or web3 is a bit different.
(DIR) Post #AOOXOMWdB9mMOCfSVM by tree@social.gwei.cz
2022-10-09T11:45:46Z
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@rysiek Web3 projects communicate mainly through money and value, for example through smart-contracts.Similarly, you can start accusing projects around fedi of not using any cryptocurrency. That it's hypocritical that they brag about decentralization and don't use decentralized money.
(DIR) Post #AOOdmPToRefyEBCQhU by tree@social.gwei.cz
2022-10-09T16:24:48Z
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@rysiek So a Google user owns their data on Gmail? So what is the problem with Google then?In my opinion, legal laws are outdated for online stuff, and only play into the hands of corporations like this - the individual has no chance of getting justice.And it really doesn't matter whether it's Google or a big Mastodon instance.In my opinion, you don't actually own your data on either, because it all depends on fallible, corruptible, emotional people, not a neutral algorithm, and that's it.
(DIR) Post #AOOk7bQ9qKjX4IyjWC by tree@social.gwei.cz
2022-10-09T16:39:01Z
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@rysiek Sorry, I don't care about BNB - for me it has nothing to do with Web3. Just like you probably wouldn't be interested if someone forked Mastodon, made some proprietary fork of it, marketed it heavily to masses with help or VCs, then it became a mess, and then people would tell you - hey Mastodon, that's a piece of shit... (even though you've been discouraging proprietary forks all along)
(DIR) Post #AOOk7cLaOofdwPqb20 by tree@social.gwei.cz
2022-10-09T17:03:20Z
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@rysiek Anyone who has been around web3 for a while and cares about freedom and decentralization knows that Binance is a centralized company that creates centralized products. People around Binance take the source code of something, mess it up, and the Ethereum community is responsible for it?Sorry, we make open and free software that anyone can use as they want and if they do it badly on purpose, it's not our fault.
(DIR) Post #AOOk7dgBRik04aUYm8 by tree@social.gwei.cz
2022-10-09T17:17:44Z
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@rysiek Everything depends on people, it's all about how much. You can theoretically change the smart-contract on Ethereum, but to do that you need the consensus of the entire Ethereum ecosystem, which is hundreds of thousands of people. How many people do you need to change the code or your data on a mastodon instance? Usually just one.I know you get it, but you keep talking to me like I'm an idiot.
(DIR) Post #AOOk7ezMZtg28MTOJE by tree@social.gwei.cz
2022-10-09T17:38:06Z
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@rysiek If it were up to you, there would probably still be women sitting in banks counting bills on paper because computers have bugs. You have black and white vision, dependence on corruptible people is a scale - the moment you deploy an immutable contract on the blochchain, the human factor no longer plays *any* role.