if Google or Meta wants to join they should to us not us to them so if they break federation we should not care and continue implement our stuff
As I understood the article, the danger is that large actors like these are too important too ignore. Too many users, too much content to neglect. So while in theory you are obviously right, in reality there will be a temptation to cater to their needs, because it seems so worthwhile.
Freedom of the press never extended to the front lines of an active war zone.
Autonomous reporters (even if they only are that, which isn't safe to assume) wandering around on battlefields can cause all kinds of issues for everyone involved.
Or that, yes. Technically you don't need another account for another server.
For example, this link is relative to your home instance. But if I just paste the full link: https://discuss.tchncs.de/c/lemmytips it probably shows the page logged out.
relatively homogenous
Some may be surprised by the cultural diversity this rather small country packs:
It has four main linguistic and cultural regions: German, French, Italian and Romansh. Although most Swiss are German-speaking, national identity is fairly cohesive, being rooted in a common historical background, shared values such as federalism and direct democracy,[15][page needed] and Alpine symbolism.[16][17] Swiss identity transcends language, ethnicity, and religion, leading to Switzerland being described as a Willensnation ("nation of volition") rather than a nation state.[18]
Due to its linguistic diversity, Switzerland is known by multiple native names: Schweiz [ˈʃvaɪts] (German);[f][g] Suisse [sɥis(ə)] (French); Svizzera [ˈzvittsera] (Italian); and Svizra [ˈʒviːtsrɐ, ˈʒviːtsʁɐ] (Romansh).[h] On coins and stamps, the Latin name, Confoederatio Helvetica — frequently shortened to "Helvetia" — is used instead of the spoken languages.
I also think the local traditions differentiating down to single villages are more important and alive than in other countries.
But yes, "national identity is fairly cohesive", maybe you meant that.
Welcome, fellow refugee. I'm only lurking in these topics out of interest, I'm not in a position to host.
But you might find these communities interesting:
They are all about self hosting in general, not self hosting lemmy specifically. But lemmy is a topic among others. The last comm seems to be about specifically self hosting lemmy, but has no content (yet) from my point of view. Which I find sad, as I'm also mostly interested in self hosting lemmy as a topic.
There is a docker install guide in the docs.
I subscribed, but it says subscribe pending.
Have that too with some instances. Being pending should already suffice to make the content visible.
Try the searches again, do yours now show the same as mine?
the largest assumption you are making is that the OP does business with the EU. If they do not, they are truly out of the jurisdiction of GDPR
GDPR applies to American enterprises if they process personal data of EU citizens.
If you serve a website which is accessible to EU citizens, and that site collects personal data or allows users to enter personal data, GDPR most probably applies to you. IANAL.
Based on your replies to other comments, it seems you don't see how the GDPR, or GDPR fines, could have any effect on US companies.
https://www.enforcementtracker.com/
Sort the list by fines, and you find US companies paying whopping amounts. Many affect their EU presence (such as Meta Platforms Ireland Limited), but others don't (such as Meta Platforms, Inc.).
Ask yourself if these giants were just too nice to give in, or if they were too poor to hire a lawyer.
If you think both options are unrealistic, maybe the GDPR does have an effect even on US companies.
Interesting, I was afraid of that. Adds to the unreliability :D
Are you by any chance not subscribed to asklemmy@lemmy.ml? With how federation and content pulling works, that could be an explanation.
Can you share an example where it works?
The above link only yields results from asklemmy@lemmy.ml. So in a way, it is what you asked for.
This query shows me your post as the first result.
This query shows me my comment as the first result.
Yes it is unreliable, but it's the best I know to (sometimes) do the job. I would also appreciate a better solution, that's how I came to this thread.
They have that ability, and always will have. They can create as many accounts as they like on as many instances as they like, or run as many instances as they like themselves, use incentivized individuals, or employees, or bots, or any combination of all of the above. No one can stop them, maybe even no one can spot them.
The only thing which is holding them back right now is lemmy/kbin still being too insignificant. If the network continues to grow, more and more big corps will see it as a market and an opportunity, and they will have plenty of ways to interact with it.