Mozilla is shutting down their Mastodon instance. - eviltoast
  • Vipsu@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Lemmy support would be much more fitting for Mozilla. They could add plugin or lemmy integration to their browser that could show discussions from subscribed communities matching the current url.

    Effectively acting as a “comment section” but for any page. One would only need lemmy account to comment on youtube videos, news articles, blogs etc.

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      2 months ago

      I didn’t want to rain on your parade, but:

      • Firefox has hundreds of millions of users.
      • Lemmy has less than half a million total users, and YTD MAU peaked at 52k.

      Even putting aside technical details, I fail to see how “Lemmy integration in the browser” could be a good product strategy. A plugin/extension can also be developed by independent developers, which seems much more fitting for the size of the target demographic. Maybe I’m missing something.

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        Yeah, something like 50k users is a drop in the bucket. It’s a nice size for a community, but not big enough to warrant a browser feature.

      • Vipsu@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Well since they were/are hosting Mastodon instance they do seem to have some interest in the fediverse. They do also have official plugins.

        Personally I feel something like this could be the next step for social link aggregation and discussion platforms. Being able to share and discuss on about videos and articles without having to register to dozens or more pages while also having some control over the people you interract with through instances, subscribed communities etc.

        Source media would also be unable to control what can or cannot be discussed. Many youtube videos and news articles for example may block all comments. It would be up to community on how to moderate discussion.

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      1 month ago

      Gab tried to pull the same thing with their Dissenter plugin. It was such a bad idea that Mozilla and Google banded together to remove the extensions from their stores for ToS violations.

      Now imagine what a nightmare it would be to moderate the ability to comment on anything online with actual standards and decency.

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        1 month ago

        Why was it a bad idea? Seems like a wonderful idea. Minus Gab.

        Some kind of web of trust and inheriting ignored users based on it and weights - and it will work.