Re:The AT protocol is the most obtuse crock of s*
by Ferkv on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @07:45AM
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> most instances allow individual users to follow individual users on another "blocked" instance - its usually just promotion/sharing & discovery that are restricted.
If they are still allowing access to all forms of third party content through their own instance (even if they restrict the discoverability) then they are still risking being held responsible for that content. So imho, that would be a mistake.
Personally, if I were to host my own instance under such a protocol, I'd rather NOT allow any potentially illegal content that might come from an instance I don't trust to be distributed/hosted by my node.
The problem, imho, is in the way the content needs to be cached/proxied through the node of the user in order for the user to be able to consume it. This an issue in the design of how federation typically works.
I'd rather favor a more decentralized approach that uses standards to ensure a user identity can carry over across different nodes of content providers, whether those nodes directly federate among themselves or not.
There should be a separation between identity providers and content providers, in such a way that identity providers cannot be held responsible for what the content providers offer, and content providers can take care of moderation without necessarily having to worry about content from other content providers with maybe different moderation standards.
I'm not saying ATProto is that solution yet... but from what I've read it at least tries to come close.
If they are still allowing access to all forms of third party content through their own instance (even if they restrict the discoverability) then they are still risking being held responsible for that content. So imho, that would be a mistake.
Personally, if I were to host my own instance under such a protocol, I'd rather NOT allow any potentially illegal content that might come from an instance I don't trust to be distributed/hosted by my node.
The problem, imho, is in the way the content needs to be cached/proxied through the node of the user in order for the user to be able to consume it. This an issue in the design of how federation typically works.
I'd rather favor a more decentralized approach that uses standards to ensure a user identity can carry over across different nodes of content providers, whether those nodes directly federate among themselves or not.
There should be a separation between identity providers and content providers, in such a way that identity providers cannot be held responsible for what the content providers offer, and content providers can take care of moderation without necessarily having to worry about content from other content providers with maybe different moderation standards.
I'm not saying ATProto is that solution yet... but from what I've read it at least tries to come close.