Can you give examples ? That’s partly why I ask this question.

I think having instances or communities dedicated to that would be wonderful.

I think having separate identity providers would work well with this. Those identity providers could optionally verify age and location, and your instance can just trust them on that to make it exclusive to certain ages or locations.

You can only filter and sort what was downloaded by the client. So that runs into resource constraints.

There shouldn’t be resource constraint issues in downloading new content Metadata from all your subscriptions

tags

When I say “standardize tags on all content”, what I mean is make it a standard to have the option of having tags on every type of content, and treat tags as a first class attribute of the content. The XKCD you reference is not relevant.

That’s more the ATproto/Bluesky vision.

Sure, they use it. But it is compatible with activityPub as well.

I’m so far paging, and it’s so annoying this isn’t the default design on the fediverse.

On 4, I also agree, but what’s the best alternative?

I think instance owners should retain the ability to make some blocks non-negotiable. They are responsible for the instance and legal implications after all.

I do like this, but it does require responsibility from the user to maintain their keys. I think having it as an option is great, alongside the identity providers I speak about.

That’s precisely why I call it necessary, you’re right!

Thank you for listening to my idea, and I’m glad you like it :)

The first issue you bring up would be resolved with the idea of separating identity and authentication as separate providers from instance providers. In fact, it’s much better than just relying on a small difficulty, as that is more likely to discourage a well meaning non-technical person than a malicious actor.

Wktn separate identity providers, your instance can trust the identity providers that have good reputation. And if I want to be seen by your instance, then I have to have one of those identity providers approve me.

Different identity providers will have different standards and requirements.

The downside is that if you’re new to the fediverse, you have no way of knowing whose lists you should follow.

Isn’t the whole idea that you choose a trans-friendly instance and you naturally adopt the instance wide blocklist? Same thing here, except you choose the block list similar to choosing an instance in the old flow.

And if you disagree, this could still easily be mediated. For example, the instance could have a default block list. As long as one can opt out, that would respect user choice.

Or choosing the blocklists can be part of the account creation flow.

There’s others ways to go about it.

Beyond that though, on an instance like blahaj, it would be largely irrelevant, because there is no scenario where I let transphobes federate to the instance

What I suggest isn’t meant to take away the instance owner ability to defederate or moderate. But this makes it such that you don’t have to modify your moderation strategy when your users can adopt different moderation in addition to what you have. (example: maybe a large group of your users want to block US-centric content, or political content, etc.) and people not on your instance could possibly adopt your moderation as well!

An easy middle ground is the ability to sync your block list with someone else. This gives the same capability you desire, but allows users freedom to do it on their own. Everyone’s happy! What do you think?

Yes you’re right, I think the fact that the Wikipedia article emphasizes the rule by decree without explaining further can explain why many people arrive to they conclusion, you’re right. I appreciate your answer there!

To add a bit more detail about why the rule by decree was needed, it wasn’t about a need to stay in power. Venezuela’s government system has limited presidential powers. The decree granted him more powers in order to be able to respond to the economic crisis.

The decrees that he requested often times would last 30 days, 60 days, etc. Although the longest one exceeded a year iirc. I’m adding that as a clarifying detail on the role of the decree.

I agree with this. I think instance owners retaining ability to block other instances is still unfortunately necessary, if at least for administrative and legal reasons. But putting the onus on granular blocking controls on the user is a big achievement, as I prefer the user to retain that control.

You did not answer the question. You merely repeated the claim in question, which is not useful to the discussion.

A point on ruling by decree: Maduro was already democratically elected when he requested approval to rule by decree, and extended it or re-requested many times to combat Venezuela’s deepest crisis in history. The rule by decree doesn’t negate the election he won.

On your second point: that’s the conclusion from sources with a clear bias and partisan funding. The tallies were released. You’re probably talking about tallies from the individual polling stations, which were released with a short delay, citing technical issues. And by the way, the US elections, for example, do not publish such tallies at all. So it is strange to call Maduro a dictator without saying the same of every US president, and every other world leader whose elections do not make polling station tallies available at all (let alone before announcement).

Results were released. Not sure what you mean by tabulated, but I assume you’re repeating the talking point about the tallies, which are the tallies from the individual polling stations. Those were also released. But the criticism was that the government announced the results before releasing those individual polling station tallies, citing technical problems.

What exactly would be controlled differently under this direct democracy?

None of their expenses mention developer pay or salaries. Is the entire thing voluntary?

What makes one a dictator then, if it’s not being unelected?

Your points in first two paragraphs are valid. Your 3rd paragraph is also valid for someone who is familiar with Venezuela and has kept up with it in the news over the years. But it is not something someone with surface level knowledge and investigation would have come up with, especially for the many people who couldn’t point the country on a map. Which is why I find it puzzling.