Is there any concern about the source code having some sort of monitoring capability? I’m not familiar with their codebase.

Might seem naive, but I actually have a hard time imagining this. There’s just not a lot to make one instance more desirable than another, which seems like a bad thing, but I don’t think it is. I decided against signing up on lemmy.ml because it was laggy, so I went with a smaller instance- all the same content, but without the lag. If a lot of content gets created on one instance, there’s no pressure to pile in, because you can view, comment and interact from a different, smaller instance.

I imagine if Lemmy/the fediverse get big enough, corps will make accounts. It’s a small step from there to making their own instances, then modifying those instances so that they can see out, but you have to be registered locally to see in. I’m not sure how difficult that would be to implement.

I’m not saying it’s likely or would work, I’m just spitballing.

True. This might be less of a problem if it becomes really easy to transfer your account to another instance, because people would just drift away from the ads, especially if other instances started creating filters to block them.

I appreciate the information. I’m not pearl clutching, just curious.

This feels like a desperate move. Honestly, with all the changes that they’ve made to Twitter, it’s a little surprising that they’ve kept as many users as they have.

I have a jellyfin server for myself and a few friends that’s available externally. Haven’t been swatted yet. Just don’t hand out login info to randoms on the internet, and you’ll probably be fine.

Yeah, I guess not that surprising. Momentum is a bitch.

I also enjoyed the legal eagle breakdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KRceywz-rU