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   Hrefna (DHC) (hrefna@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 13:13:17 JST Hrefna (DHC)

   Hot take: if you want data sovereignty for your social media data and you are using mastodon—or even ActivityPub based services in general—you are on the wrong platform.

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     Hrefna (DHC) (hrefna@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 13:18:40 JST Hrefna (DHC)

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     The fundamental way that activitypub works is the antithesis of how data sovereignty needs to be designed.

     But once you get over that, the way it is implemented by the major platforms today is _also_ the antithesis of how you need to implement these to have good data sovereignty practices.

     This doesn't mean that they aren't worth aiming for, but it also means that it isn't as simple as "it's decentralized and therefore better."

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     Hrefna (DHC) (hrefna@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 14:03:28 JST Hrefna (DHC)

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     I would argue you probably don't want data sovereignty for that experience anyways.

     But to the degree you do, AP isn't what you want.

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     Jenniferplusplus (jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 14:10:46 JST Jenniferplusplus

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     @hrefna I'm not even sure how you do social networking and data sovereignty. The entire value of that data is in how many other people receive it. Or at least have access to it.

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     Emelia 👸🏻 (thisismissem@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 17:06:41 JST Emelia 👸🏻

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     @hrefna on a possibly related note: is JSON-LD or RDF actually good for data sovereignty? (My gut feeling after 4 years is "no")

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     Hrefna (DHC) (hrefna@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 18:08:18 JST Hrefna (DHC)

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     • Emelia 👸🏻

     @thisismissem I can argue that it is, at best, neutral in this regard.

     Probably a lot worse than neutral in practice, however.