Recently I've started running my own lemmy instance, as part of my decoupling from Reddit, due to them speed-running enshittification. The instance has been growing nicely and holding up very well indeed. but there's dark clouds forming on the horizon, as more of more of the early adopters and people with principles are leaving that [...]

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/123857

This is my current attempt at preparing to counter the spam waves that will be appearing as the fediverse becomes more and more popular.

It involves the creation of whitelists based on a chain of trust between instances with easy ways to add and remove into it with few overheads.

Let me know what you think and if you’re interested, please do register your instance at https://overctrl.dbzer0.com.

  • interolivary@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 years ago

    So instead of having to “beg for endorsements” you’d rather have to pay to set up a FOSS server?

    • Samuel ProulxAEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Yes. I already have to pay for a VPS, for a domain…nothing wrong with paying for an SSL cert. At least I can pick my vendor.

      • rs5th@beehaw.orgMEnglish
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        2 years ago

        I’m not sure how’d you accomplish this without requiring an EV cert, which is expensive and time-consuming to get, right? I guess manually maintaining a list of free CAs like Let’s Encrypt? Idk, I’d never pay for a cert I’d have to manually update where my LE certs are all automatic.

        • Samuel ProulxAEnglish
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          2 years ago

          I wouldn’t love paying for a certificate, but I’d love it more than being at the mercy of a group of powerful admins to be permitted to ever federate with anyone.