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Would it be possible to have you fediverse username connected to the blockchain so you could use it to associate with an instance? And if that instance closed, say, you could simply connect your blockchain based account identity to another instance?

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Why would blockchain be necessary to do that? Honestly, 99% of the time blockchain is just a highly inefficient buzzword.

Usually there are better ways to achieve the same outcome, with the added bonus of not automatically attracting a cavalcade of Web3 con-artists and grifters.

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Why would you need blockchain for that?

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Why not use good old signatures for that?

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I really wish that it would finally collapse. Twitter has been a real POS since he took it over.

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Let’s get them over to Mastodon! #fediverse (yes I’m going all in)

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I have to say the silver lining in all of this is that decentralized forms of community building are on the rise, and this is a good thing. I don’t think it’s healthy to centralize all data and power in the hands of private companies that can decide to, oh you know, kill api access etc.

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Just went over to Twitter for the first time in a while, and everyone’s bleating about wanting an invite to Bluesky.

Meanwhile, Mastodon’s over there just working fine and doing what they want Twitter to do.

It’s bizarre.

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Normies are confused by Mastodon and how it works. Tried suggesting it as an alternative on /r/worldnews and most people just said that it was too confusing; one guy said that he couldn’t login but turns out he forgot which instance he had signed up for originally.

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