If game developers would launch their own fediverse instances (maybe with devs + moderators as the only registered users), to which general purpose instances could freely connect, then problems 2 and 3 would be solved for users as well. Imo that would be a far better solution than having game forums on a walled garden platform like discord. That still leaves the devs with problem 1, but they would also regain control of their data + the data would also be searchable with proper search engines. I can dream :)

[–] linuxPIPEpower@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago (12 children)

It would be solved for people who are primarily interested in tech and gaming. How about bellow challenges?

Gaming is huge so presumably lots of gamers are interested in the wider world, which is not exactly well represented here compared to the major platforms.

And we can't ignore the inherent complexities of federation. If a user signs up to another instance but for some reason that instance (or game 's instance) is blocked by others or even goes offline, then it will be confusing if not ruining of their experience.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, I think a user shouldn't just "exist" on a single instance and the same goes for communities.

And at the same time, an instance owner does need to be able to block things from being federated with themselves. You really do not want any CSAM on hardware you own.

It's tricky to cover everything, and I'm not even going to pretend I've got the answers to it.

[–] linuxPIPEpower@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

But obviously instances blocking other instances is part of it.

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