Bill Statler wrote the following
post Tue, 16 Jul 2024 21:25:13 -0700
And the best platforms for privacy and consent are...Thank you to Sean Tilley and Jon Pincus:
Privacy and Consent for Fediverse Developers: A Guide...Regardless of how you look at it, the Fediverse has a sizeable cohort of users that cares deeply about user consent, privacy controls, and agency in defining their own experience within the space.
Unfortunately, the majority of them still rely on platforms such as Mastodon, whose offerings for those things has been historically shaky. ...
For further education, I recommend looking into Hubzilla, Streams, and Bonfire, as those platforms are all doing interesting work in this area. ...
Consent mechanisms in the Fediverse are an emergent topic, and the landscape is evolving. Platforms such as Friendica, Hubzilla, and Streams have long offered granular scopes to decide who can or can’t see or interact with a piece of content, and Bonfire goes a step further by offering a framework for custom permission settings.
Mastodon is currently the platform with the widest amount of adoption. It’s not even close. Unfortunately, its offerings are still comparatively limited. ...
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Bill Statler