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Reading this blog post by @oliphant about building an “opt-in” version of the Fediverse.

And you know what? I agree with him. This is the logical next step for what some people (not me) want the Fediverse to be.

If you believe the Fediverse should be “opt-in” then federation itself should be opt-in. Go live on an “island”. Insulate yourself from mainstream servers as well as new servers that just start up.

Again, this isn’t the version of the Fediverse that I personally prefer. But there’s a lot of people who want an “opt-in” Fediverse, and they should be aware that the Fediverse is not actually opt-in—but they can build a version that is.

My only further comment is that I hope the “opt-in” crowd considers that others on the Fediverse want the freedom to be “opt-out” too. Which I’m sure they have.

May we all be respectful of our divergent paths.

https://writer.oliphant.social/oliphant/islands-an-opt-in-federated-network