I had one decades ago as well when they first came to the US. Mine was extremely finicky to program. I had hold it very still at a fairly specific distance to my CRT. It was rare for me to be successful on my first try and it was quite slow.
I don’t think Lemmy instance admins are colluding in a secret underground lair like a group of supervillains. There is no point since the decision of one has no impact on the others.
Second, many of us aren’t here for the “features”, we’re here for the freedom.
My personal opinion is that I have no problem if my instance federates with Threads as long as the interactions are a net positive for us. If Threads users prove to be abusive then I have no problem defederating with them.
I think that would only work when the number of instances is small. Two solutions to this might be:
have instances act like relays where the home instance of a community notifies 10 instances and then each of those instances notifies 10 instances, etc.
batch updates on a timer such that once a minute all posts, comments, boosts, etc within a minutes are buffered and sent together.
After Apollo’s API token was invalid, I deleted my account. I know it’s a minuscule drop in the ocean for Reddit, but not matter, I’m with Lemmy and the fediverse come what may.
Yes, with a major caveat. An instance will search only communities that at least one user on the instance is subscribed to and only as far back as the time the first user on the instance subscribed to the community.
If you would like to use this project to learn Rust, go for it! However, there are utilities that will convert Lemmy’s TypeScript to Python. There are also a few Lemmy Python packages on GitHub.
We’re all figuring this out as we go! Since the great Reddit migration, we’ve already seen our first big drama with the Beehaw defederation. Some Beehaw users disagreed and left for other instances while users of other instances liked the move and joined Beehaw. The Lemmy fediverse is what WE make it for better or for worse.
That was an incredibly comprehensive, well articulated, and dare I say, exhaustive essay on some important issues you raised. On top of that, creating sample documents is next level.
Privacy
I don't think the word "privacy" is a good word for the concept. I believe "user data control" or "right to be forgotten" is more appropriate for the "deletion issue". However, there are few privacy issues such as instance admins having access to private messages and the potential for a hack to expose users e-mail addresses and usernames.
I believe you are 100% correct that we need to do a much better at communicating exactly who has access to their data and what (if any) control they have over that data once it is federated. I don't believe we will ever have an guaranteed federated delete, and we need to make that crystal clear so users can proceed accordingly.
Legal
Running a self-hosted service is one thing, but running a public service raises a myriad of legal issues. In the US, children under 13 must not be allowed to have accounts (COPPA). CSAM (child pornography) is another problem that can expose admins to serious repercussions. In the US, it is not enough to delete it, it must be reported to the NCMEC. Federation will make this especially treacherous. Other issues such as criminal investigations, subpoenas, and possibly even national security letters are not a matter of "if" but "when" they will occur.
If Lemmy continues to grow, instance admins will need to be prepared for these issues. I would suggest that the public instance admins reach out to an organization like the EFF who has experience dealing with these issues. If not, I'm afraid a high profile incident may be all it takes to kill it.
I have the Schlage Z-Wave Plus locks and they have been great. The main issue with battery life is fitment between the bolt and the strike hole. There should be no friction between them when engaging or retracting the bolt. I’m still on my original batteries after nearly 2 years.
I don’t think you’re looking for architects or developers if you just want to run an instance. Those would be for developing custom features for Lemmy. I believe you are looking for a Cloud Engineer.
Plus an appointment is not required for those that have an iPhone with LiDAR which is probably nearly everyone who is considering purchasing this.