Hmm, it is a bit halfway there. Glad to see user data being separated though

Probably only the instances big enough to qualify

Doesn’t bkuesky support federation?

I’m just glad the market is diversifying

I don’t mean crime, no. There’s laws regarding moderation when a platform is big enough. And regarding personal data in a lot of cases

Oh, that might just create some legal issues

I suppose you’re right, It’s still a lot better than a reddit like situation though. I’ll have to keep that in mind

Isn’t that effectively the same? I like the lightweight aspect of it though

There’s a lot of lemmy instances, which two would you shoot at?

BitTorrent still relies on trackers, but much like a lemmy instance you can move over and share things elsewhere

Then how would you get to the platform? Direct ip?

Without names you wouldn’t have… names though? We’re still dealing with humans in the end, we like names

You can always zoom in and say “see, this little bit is centralized on it’s own”

I’m on reddthat.com and you’re on sh.itjust.works. These individual instances have their own moderation setups. There’s no central or overarching system here. We’re on two seperate websites. That’s the idea, a bit oversimplified.

But yes, you could go local only, but wouldn’t that kind of defeat the point? I want to be able to switch instances, and talk to friends on other ones. That decentralization brings the huge benefit of not having a u/spez situation

Let’s hope it’s not true yet or ever. Did you mean relational? And no, that’s not what I said.

The current dns system works, and has it’s flaws. But ens is not an improvement, it’s worse.

Note: we don’t have centralized moderation here either. We’re talking in two completely different instances. Just like plebbit would have

No, it does not “seem”, it explicitly states.

A hash table is a way of storing data, I suppose you could call it a very primitive database. But that’s not the common usage of the word database. Hash tables are used in database indexes, hence why I called it “reinventing the wheel”.

The naming system is still a central part of any network, even if decentralized in design. So it will need some sort or central moderation.

One issue with ens though, is that the control over it is more centralized than dns. But without regulation, it’s worse than the existing solution.

A domain name system is for naming domains, not moderation. And just use a database instead of reinventing the wheel.

That alternative “show if trusted” approach would be nice in an ideal world where everyone already has a perfect filter bubble with only their perfect friends. But unfortunately the world isn’t like that.

You gotta learn to walk before you can run

Accurate, what would you do instead of dns though?

Except dns requires proper registration, and has a place to report abuse, and those reports are actually acted upon. Moderation here is not preventative, it’s reactive.

Stop trying to justify this approach, a blockchain is cool but you’re really just monopolizing domain registration

Have you been living under a rock? Just allow me to register plebbbit.eth and make it simple steal user accounts then redirect to the actual website. This, and plenty of other tricks need to dealt with