- May 2022
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blog.bellebcooper.com blog.bellebcooper.com
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Manton says owning your domain so you can move your content without breaking URLs is owning your content, whereas I believe if your content still lives on someone else's server, and requires them to run the server and run their code so you can access your content, it's not really yours at all, as they could remove your access at any time.
This is a slippery slope problem, but people are certainly capable of taking positions along a broad spectrum here.
The one thing I might worry about--particularly given micro.blog's--size is the relative bus factor of one represented by Manton himself. If something were to happen to him, what recourse has he built into make sure that people could export their data easily and leave the service if the worst were to come to happen? Is that documented somewhere?
Aside from this the service has one of the most reasonable turn-key solutions for domain and data ownership I've seen out there without running all of your own infrastructure.
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- Nov 2020
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knightcolumbia.org knightcolumbia.org
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to be listed on Mastodon’s official site, an instance has to agree to follow the Mastodon Server Covenant which lays out commitments to “actively moderat[e] against racism, sexism, homophobia and transphobia”, have daily backups, grant more than one person emergency access, and notify people three months in advance of potential closure. These indirect methods are meant to ensure that most people who encounter a platform have a safe experience, even without the advantages of centralization.
Some of these baseline protections are certainly a good idea. The idea of advance notice of shut down and back ups are particularly valuable.
I'd not know of the Mastodon Server Covenant before.
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- Mar 2020
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www.digital-democracy.org www.digital-democracy.org
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if you get hit by a bus
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