I'm seriously wondering where we are going with this. It's becoming almost impossible to just independently host something without constantly battling waves of bots and/or paying for a lot of wasted bandwidth. At some point, that kind of internet—the only good kind, really—is going to just wither away because few people want that kind of bother.
Oct 20, 2026, 6:42 PM@marijn it’ll be (wire-)gated communities, with all its consequences.
@janl I mean, if social contracts were still a thing the world believed in, we'd be coming down legally on 'residential proxies' and cooperatively identifying, blocking, and punishing these actors. But it seems we've largely given up on all that in favor of 'letting the market sort it out'.
Oct 20, 2026, 6:51 PM@marijn yea :/ at this point I see no alternative but self-defence with disproportionate measures previously thought unthinkable.
@janl @marijn been thinking about this too… how to share content freely and openly (like how I like to find resources) without having to retreat to some basically Discord-esque social clique (like I am bad at) and honestly I'm type of guy who's better at making a static server efficient enough to take some scrapes than joining any clubs that would have me 😭