Has anyone discussed with admins of the notabug and saidit and the others, getting them federated with lemmy?

Their users get access to more content, which makes them stronger. They get access to more users. Each one can control whether its culture gets diluted or preserved.

All the services become more vibrant and sustainable. It sounds like a win-win.

Are they interested? Is it technically possible?

    • Whom
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      4 years ago

      I can give a little background on how the owner and users of Tildes feel. Given Tildes’ focus on a particular vision for discussion, proposals for federation haven’t really been taken to and have been seen as something which could take away from the social goals of the site if not handled very carefully. In fact, this used to be part of an old FAQ:

      Decentralized communities are interesting and have a lot of potential, but that model also introduces its own problems and difficulties. Tildes is already attempting to do quite a few things differently to improve the quality of online communities, and I’m more interested in focusing on those goals without introducing the additional complexity of decentralization.

      However, since Tildes is open-source, someone else could certainly use it as a base for their own decentralized version.