Currently studying CS and some other stuff. Best known for previously being top 50 (OCE) in LoL, expert RoN modder, and creator of RoN:EE’s community patch (CBP).

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  • If a few servers are linked up and talk to each other using TCP/IP (?) but aren’t connected to the wider network, that’s not enough for it to be considered another internet (but it could be an intranet).

    If a few instances are linked up and talk to each other using ActivityPub but aren’t connected to the wider network, I think that’s not enough for it to be considered another fediverse.


















  • The feeling is that simply having it be public isn’t an automatic license to re-use or “re-appropriate” the content outside of what’s required for normal network functionality. From that perspective, federating a post to a normal Mastodon / fediverse server = OK, viewing that post in your browser = OK, but many other uses = not OK.

    This subset of the userbase want the norm for “extracurricular uses” of people’s posts to be opt-in only, even for public posts. I kind of envy the idea in some ways (aggressive requirement of consent), though in the world we currently live in, it does seem unrealistic without a team of lawyers behind it.