On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 11:03 AM Johannes Ernst <johannes.ernst@gmail.com> wrote: IMHO one of the “killer advantages” of the fediverse over walled-garden > social media is that we can use N applications, not just one, where N can > consists of multiple instances of the same software, or — more > interestingly, to me — instances of different software. If this were easy — > and it would have to become a lot easier than it is today, such as along > the lines you outline — we’d outrun any centralized silo on features any > day of the week, as anybody can add as many new applications into their > personal identity federation as they want any time. > Definitely a great vision! The catch, of course, is the fediverse generally can't provide this today, since your identity is tied to a single server and the subset of functionality it provides. Portable identity for the fediverse is a massive project, but like you all envision, if/when we manage to land it broadly, it would actually allow this kind of interchangeable functionality, like Nostr and Bluesky already do. Here's hoping! > Cheers, > > > > > Johannes. > > > Johannes Ernst > > Fediforum <https://fediforum.org/> > Dazzle Labs <https://dazzlelabs.net/> > > > -- https://snarfed.org/
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