Re: Let's turn aspiration into fact?

> On Feb 9, 2024, at 16:06, Lisa Dusseault <lisa@dtinit.org> wrote:
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> So, to uplevel this into a vision, I have a vision where folks who view their streams as long-lasting and treat them as archive and reputation rolled into one,  can move them easily to a new host if the new host is willing; and where moderators and admins , and other users consuming or interacting, can use the weight of an account's history and even the reactions to it, to make more contextual decisions.  The exact identity matters so much less than the unique history of content and contributions.  That history need not be lost when services inevitably rise and fall.  Civil discourse is supported.
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> TL:DR; rich content history, even in a new location, even without complex cryptographic assurances, is good for the Internet.
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> I think you asked for a diatribe, anyway that's clearly the way I interpreted it!  You're WELcome!

Sometimes visions masquerade as diatribes :-)

I think you are really asking for the content to live much longer than any particular instance or application, and for the content to not get “corrupted” over time in transfers to be more than absolutely necessary. Where content is primary content (“I posted this”) but also social content (“person X liked, commented…”)

I have a ton of comments about this, but will refrain from now, other than a … “hmmm … tricky!” But a great vision, thank you, and rather complementary to what Sean outlined.

Best,



Johannes.


Johannes Ernst

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