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submitted 9 months ago by z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Pretty much in the title. Maybe you wouldn't even use it, but would like to simply see it exist for the sake of having a federated alternative.

For me, it'd be the following:

  • LinkedIn
  • Meetup
  • Tiktok

I am on the first two, but would prefer a federated alternative. I'm not on Tiktok, but would like to see a federated alternative.

I'll admit these might not be a good idea. But as a thought experiment, I'd be curious about the community weigh in on what you all think this might look like.

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[-] yui@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Does everything need to be federated? I don't quite see the appeal of a 'federated' Wikipedia. It's not really social-oriented and you can already export all the pages and rehost it yourself.

[-] narwhal@mander.xyz 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I don't know the details on how to rehost wikipedia by myself, and also how to search and access unofficial wikipedia servers either. If this is all common knowlege for internet users, I am seriously lagging behind here. But maybe you are right and there really is no universal appeal for this, and overall people just prefer to see wikipedia as a single entity. But I think there would be benefits in federating wikipedia. Basically it becomes harder to take down information, and allows us to bypass wikipedia's own strictness and bias. I know there are wikipedia alternatives but I would like to be able to access different view points seamlessly in the same platform, just like it happens here.

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