It’s back!

While I’m generally opposed to defederation as a general rule, I’m also old enough to have suffered through Microsoft’s Embrace Extend Extinguish paradigm. Never again. Absolutely no federation with megacorp instances.

I expect most of us are here for the chill vibe. That should be reflected in the outcomes at the agora. Assuming it’s local only.

I’d back a patreon supporting the instance. No problem.

Well, in their case they are looking for proof that the applicant is a responsible torrenter. Typically what is accepted is screenshots showing one’s private user page at other reputable private torrent sites showing upload-to-download ratio, whether they had any warnings etc. The major sites have highly experienced mod teams with accounts at a huge range of sites and can often cross reference the information in the screenshots if they care enough to.

I wonder if we’ll get to something resembling the system used by private BitTorrent trackers. Invites and open registration periods where interviews or “proofs” of being a good internet user are required.