I use Arch based distros btw.

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  • I think we just have very different morals and views. What you consider “free” I consider a disrespectful and toxic place.

    I understand the natural drawbacks of the federated system but pretty much all of the instances have the same issues. That means different views are defederated immediately which makes the whole system lose one of its advertised advantages that is lack of a biased algorithm. You don’t need an algorithm if your instance only federates with pretty much the same ones. In fact, it’s probably even worse. This makes any federated system basically only suitable for opinionated closed forums. The only difference is all the same ones are federated which increases convenience and engagement.

    There’s a compromise between a controlled social media and a federated system - a self-hostable system without federation support (Revolt uses it for example). One instance will always be the main one but anyone can create their own ones for both opinionated and general purpose communities. However the issue with that is low engagement on the less popular instances.

    So ultimately a real social media service that is not a “central dictatorship” is practically impossible.



















  • There’s another issue which is system requirements. Qubes is extremely heavy. Though if a company needs such high security that they decide to use Qubes, they probably have more than enough budget for it (talking about cybersec, corporate espionage firms and illicit businesses). If it’s a more regular company, good luck teaching your employees.