Can we make federation less dependent on domain names? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by gammaray@sh.itjust.works to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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It looks like some issues may arise if/when an instance's domain name changes. Is there any way we can change federation so that we don't need to rely on such a central point of failure?

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[-] Pamasich@kbin.earth 3 points 1 month ago

Oh yeah, this does not sound okay.

If user@delta creates a post on community@alpha, their post lives on delta, not alpha. Community@alpha should not be able to unilaterally decide that the post should instead live on beta. Delta needs to be the one to decide that.

Sorry for the political analogy, but this sounds to me like Russia and the US deciding on Ukraine's future without involving the latter.