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   dansup (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Aug-2023 20:28:48 JST dansup

   • pixelfed

   "Buy 500 Pixelfed followers"
   "Buy 1K likes"
   "Buy 100 comments (from popular Pixelfed server)"

   These are just some examples of how the #fediverse will soon have to deal with sketchy "users" and interactions.

   In a decentralized system, this would be quite challenging, however a federated system with a few trusted centralized services could help mitigate these types of malicious activities.

   Luckily @pixelfed + https://fedidb.org is working on a solution, stay tuned ✨

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     dansup (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Aug-2023 20:33:49 JST dansup

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     • 🍉 دانیال بهزادی

     @danialbehzadi https://mastodon.social/@dansup/110938710778898297

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     🍉 دانیال بهزادی (danialbehzadi@persadon.com)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Aug-2023 20:34:07 JST 🍉 دانیال بهزادی

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     @dansup
     What is the value of having 1K followers in pixelfed?
     It's not algorithm based, so no problem

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     Arehandoro (archehandoro@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Aug-2023 21:17:05 JST Arehandoro

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     • pixelfed

     @dansup @pixelfed I don’t think followers/following should be public. Tops, only visible to the user. In my opinion, the decision on following someone should not be based on how many followers someone has, not give the opportunity to monetise, and should not help with the “like” culture that promotes depression and anxiety.

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     dansup (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Aug-2023 21:18:04 JST dansup

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     • pixelfed
     • Arehandoro

     @archehandoro @pixelfed They can be hidden by the user, but I understand what your saying!

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     dansup (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Aug-2023 22:50:38 JST dansup

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     • pixelfed
     • Jeroen Massar

     @jeroen @pixelfed exactly, and I'm in the perfect position with fediDB + @pixelfed to pull this off, for pixelfed at least 😉

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     Jeroen Massar (jeroen@secluded.ch)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Aug-2023 22:50:44 JST Jeroen Massar

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     • pixelfed

     @dansup @pixelfed per-account & instance ranking and build a trust graph and cluster things. Spambots tend to follow spambots, thus they cluster together, normal people tend to follow the same normal people.... this is a method used many times before (pgp web of trust is one example) it does require knowing the full graph for involved accounts, thus that can be harder. I am sure somebody comes up with a trustrank service that can give out a score; then multiple services and if x/y deprio ;)

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     dansup (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Aug-2023 23:07:36 JST dansup

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     • hackbyte

     @hackbyte @pixelfed what centralization-bs?

     I'm proposing an opt-in system that yes, is centralized, but isn't required.

     You do realize the translation features and several others are centralized right? They aren't necessary, but provide a valuable tool or service.

     It's all about making compromises when appropriate, and an opt-in service that helps detect spam or abuse isn't that bad if you ask me.

     feld likes this.
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     hackbyte (hackbyte@friendica.utzer.de)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Aug-2023 23:07:46 JST hackbyte

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     • pixelfed

     @dansup @pixelfed I wonder how the #fediverse worked for nearly a decade w/o this centralisation-bs.

     Must be something about not being mainstream .. for good.

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     benbel (benbel@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 14:16:58 JST benbel

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     • pixelfed

     @dansup @pixelfed

     that is to say, with time fediverso will lose the charm