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The Fediverse Desperately Needs Sustainable File Hosting (evergreenfiles.com)
submitted 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) by sosodev@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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Disclaimer: I wrote this article and made this website.

There was some talk of this issue in the recent fediverse inefficiencies thread. I'm hopeful that in the future we'll have a decentralized solution for file hosting but for now I deeply believe that users should pay for their own file hosting.

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[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

Is a p2p system for media with the instances just hosting magnet links too slow for fediverse purposes? To me this seems like the most resilient way to handle media in a decentralized system

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

If a social network is to take off, it must be accessible from mobile devices behind CGNAT (carrier grade network address translation).

[–] pinkystew@reddthat.com 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Why?

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 hours ago

Because that’s where all the users are. The “social” aspect of a “social” network. Anyone can host a forum but it’s useless without users.