if defederation from the largest instance is equivalent to death for a smaller instance, then the moderators of that largest instance are in a unique position of responsibility and power and should be held to a higher standard

Ideologically, I love it, but I have to wonder - how do the economics of sourcing hydrogen from the electrolysis of water compare to sourcing it from fossil hydrocarbons?

If they compare favorably, then using the hydrogen for chemistry is exciting, but the ramifications of its potential use as a portable fuel is revolutionary (in the sense of making and destroying nation states).

there’s no feedback mechanism that will result in the promotion of instances with better moderation

the federation system is inherently unstable - there’s a positive feedback loop where the instance with the most users attracts the most new users. new users have no to way to gauge the quality of moderation of an instance, and neither do disgruntled current users. additionally, members of smaller instances are less visible, which is an incentive to join a larger instance.

“what instance?” is a rhetorical question, and the only possible answer is “never heard of it.” because there is no means by which a user could have become aware of other instances, regardless of the quality of those other instance’s moderation

Avocados and logging also don’t need to worry about getting shut down by the law like the cocaine and heroin business does.

Legalize the coke and dope, and the incentive to resort to violence to avoid criminal penalties goes away.

people will over time go to your instance instead

what instance? never heard of it.

Not the first time they’ve supported a spammer, and their post history is full of Hail Corporate bullshit.

With this person as a mod, the spam is coming from inside the house.

It’s been twenty-two long hard years without food

Trades.

If you live in USA, then the Inflation Reduction Act is about to create a bunch of new jobs in heat pumps and solar panels installation. Consider pursuing HVAC or electrician certifications. Solar panel installers also need analytical number crunchers for site assessment.

indeed

Back in the day it was the best at what it did, but there’s less demand these days for that kind of old fashioned search.

Its still better than the competition at finding the URL of a corporate or government entity. Its still helpful for searching other websites for particular content - for example, the wikis for some games have an obtuse layout and unhelpful search function, and google can be the best way to find a particular page in that wiki.

Before ChatGPT existed, and before the enshitifaction of Reddit reached the critical level its at today, google searching site:reddit.com was pretty good at finding organic human conversations that provide actual answers to your questions.

Today however, ChatGPT is better at providing useful answers to whatever questions you may have. And Bing is better at image search.