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   silverpill (silverpill@mitra.social)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 04:16:25 JST silverpill

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   • Greg Slepak

   @taoeffect

   >Monetization features using cryptocurrency. And it must be cryptocurrency. Either #LightningNetwork or #Monero / #XMR

   I experimented with this in my project Mitra: https://codeberg.org/silverpill/mitra
   That server can process Monero payments for paid subscriptions.

   It's also lightweight and easy to install, good for small instances.

   >Real account migration (posts and all)

   We are working on it as well. Mitra doesn't support full data migrations yet, but there are other projects that have complete implementation.

   One of them is Forte:

   https://fediversity.site/item/b69ce5a0-0c22-4933-8393-dce7100f4584

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     Greg Slepak (taoeffect@crib.social)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 04:16:26 JST Greg Slepak

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     • Greg Slepak
     So what is the ideal we should be aiming for?
     
     That ideal is one server per user.
     
     That seems like a crazy high bar, but at least we should aim for it, because in terms of UX, that in fact is the ideal for everyone involved.
     
     This requires making self-hosting extremely inexpensive. That means #Mastodon is a big no-go. It's way too resource intensive.
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     Greg Slepak (taoeffect@crib.social)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 04:16:26 JST Greg Slepak

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     • Greg Slepak
     The server also needs to make it simple to migrate from one domain name to another.
     
     It should be easy, in other words, for me to change from @crib.social to something else, without losing any accounts, posts, or followers.
     
     These are the kinds of changes that are needed for the #Fediverse to compete and win in the social network battle.
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     Greg Slepak (taoeffect@crib.social)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 04:16:27 JST Greg Slepak

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     • Greg Slepak
     We need more #Fediverse servers that are run by individuals.
     
     The ideal social network configuration / infrastructure is one server per individual. This is pure-P2P and it is also what is most ideal in terms of moderation.
     
     Large #Fediverse servers are a problem in terms of moderation and user-experience.
     
     You just can't expect real freedom of speech from large servers. And that leads to bans, and bans lead to poor UX.
     
     So the more efficient a server implementation is, the easier it is to run, the more individuals will be able to self-host, and the better the ban situation will be.
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     Greg Slepak (taoeffect@crib.social)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 04:16:27 JST Greg Slepak

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     • Greg Slepak
     What do I mean by "the ban situation"?
     
     I mean a few things:
     
     • One instance banning another. This is horrible UX. Nobody wants another person deciding who they are or aren't allowed to follow. But that's how the #Fediverse works with public instances. Each public instance has a moderator and sometimes they ban entire instances. This is a real problem if that entire instance has many legitimate users on it.
     
     • An admin banning a user on their own server. This leads to real headaches for that user and makes them think that "the #fediverse " (as a whole) is broken. If migrating accounts were easier and more streamlined, this wouldn't be as big of a problem, and if they are running their own server in the first place, they wouldn't be banned to begin with.
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     Greg Slepak (taoeffect@crib.social)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 04:16:28 JST Greg Slepak
     I'd like to see the #Fediverse win.
     
     I think #Pleroma and other efficient alternative implementations can help it do this.
     
     But they are missing critical features:
     
     • Real account migration (posts and all)
     • Algorithmic feeds
     • Better search (with filters similar to X)
     • Monetization features using cryptocurrency. And it must be cryptocurrency. Either #LightningNetwork or #Monero / #XMR