Re:A Better Mastodon Client
by eikenberry on Thursday December 21, 2023 @04:55PM
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For federated systems like this why are there clients and servers... shouldn't they all be using a single system that stores all that user content locally and uses federation to communicate to others? I don't get why you'd want an account on someone else's server when you can be running your own.
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Re:A Better Mastodon Client
by rainonmoon on Thursday December 21, 2023 @04:59PM
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Running your own server is laborious and adds risk. Some people want to take that on. Lots don't.
Re:A Better Mastodon Client
by eikenberry on Friday December 22, 2023 @03:24AM
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I'm not suggesting people run their own servers, I'm suggesting that the software shouldn't use the client/server split. That it would be better to run peer to peer using the federation protocol keeping the user 'account' local. At least that's the model I'm keeping an eye out for... IMO the federated server model is to close to the currently dominant centralized model to make the effort of moving to it worthwhile.