Notices by Frank T (franktaber@mas.to), page 2

I just realized that there is so much noise about #Meta and very little about creating template legal policies that instances can adopt that prohibit commercial use of user data.

Whatever you think of defederation there are easy ways to do that. Legal policies on the other hand are complex and require expertise and often money.

Maybe #LawFedi can help crowdsource templates of strict noncommercial legal policies for the #Fediverse so instance admins do not have to figure it out themselves?

@gemelliz That is the best analogy I have possibly ever seen. Thank you for sharing.

@jeff @ruud @stux Might there be a security advantage to them being separate?

@thomasfuchs @dibi58 @whalecoiner Related to that is the realization that social network companies are providing almost no value. They may even be providing negative value in many cases. The value is from what people put into it. Their thoughts and interactions and pictures and more. The distinct flavor of the different instances is a strength of the Fediverse that cannot be replicated by a single company unless it loosens its grip so much that it ceases to be in charge of anything.

@thomasfuchs @dibi58 @whalecoiner The nature of the distinct Mastodon and Fediverse communities is the real difference and why I have no interest in BlueSky. There is something organic and real about the weirdness of beige.party and sauropods.win and normal about infosec.exchange and journa.host and real about mastodon.art. Each of those communities makes sense and has an identity that while fluid represents real user preferences in a way BlueSky would need a few years to replicate.

I feel strange to write this but there is a nuanced take on the #SVB bank collapse that is not popular anywhere. What is happening is what is supposed to happen and uninvolved taxpayers are not paying for it. FDIC has taken over the bank and will sell its assets. Whatever it gets for those assets will be paid back to depositors. Despite VC financial illiteracy there is no bailout nor a need for one.

The two things that need more scrutiny are Thiel's involvement and the loosened regulations.