new from me: FR#153 – What does a Discord replacement look like?
https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr153-what-does-a-discord-replacement-look-like/
<img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/064/232/090/176/105/original/2e1e2cbd084848a0.png" alt="The reason decentralisation matters for something like age verification isn’t just “run your own server,” as Hodgson acknowledges that server admins are still subject to local law. It’s that when your social life isn’t bundled into one platform, no single company’s policy change can disrupt all of your communication, community, and content at once. <p>What we’re finding is that for decentralisation to really make an impact, it needs to happen on multiple axes at the same time. There is the decentralisation in the way it is usually understood by communities on ActivityPub and Matrix: from a single centralised server to many decentralised servers run by independent groups. This gives communities autonomy over their own spaces, but each server still replicates the same software and feature set.</p> <p>There is the decentralisation in the way it is done on atproto: from a single software stack to separating identity, data storage and apps. This means your identity and data aren’t locked to any one application, and different apps can offer different experiences on top of the same underlying infrastructure.<br> "/></p>