Fragmentation on the Fediverse is a real problem.

Hypothetically, let’s say I’m an admin. I don’t like "John Doe" (just a random example). Instead of simply blocking John Doe myself, I demand that "Billy Bob" — the admin of his instance — remove him entirely.

Billy Bob refuses, because John Doe hasn’t broken any rules. So, being an egotistical maniac, I blacklist Billy Bob’s entire instance — 5,000+ innocent users who had nothing to do with anything.

I also have 5,000+ users on my instance. Now you’ve got over 10,000 people who can’t communicate, all because of a personal disagreement.

This kind of thing happens far too often on the Fediverse. If you create more than one account (on different instances), you’ll likely discover people you didn’t even know existed — people you’d want to follow but previously couldn’t, due to the growing fragmentation across the network.

The scale of the problem becomes even more obvious when you move to a different instance. You’ll likely find that not everyone you currently follow can be followed from the new site.

The solution?

Right now, it means having more than one account just to keep in touch with everyone you want to follow.

How crazy is that?

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Misskey

> " If you're not using Firefox, what are you using now? "

Vivaldi browser.

Gecko is dead — if you're still using it, you just haven’t realized it yet. Many of us have noticed that Firefox (Gecko) no longer works properly on a growing number of websites.

That’s not the fault of webmasters — it’s how the free market works. Developers optimize for what the majority uses, not for a shrinking niche. Unless your site specifically targets Gecko users, there's no incentive to support it.

I don’t expect modern websites to work with Internet Explorer, even though it’s still bundled with Windows 10 and 11. If you're using IE, its only job is to download a better browser — and the same is true for Firefox now, even if it’s still technically in development.

I stopped using Firefox because the struggle became pointless. Its claim to fame was better privacy, but today, Firefox spies on you just as much — if not more — than Microsoft Edge.

It’s a Chromium world. The browser wars are over. Firefox didn’t just lose — it sold out. It's now packed with AI integrations, and Mozilla is working with both Meta (Facebook) and Google.

The only real alternative is Apple Safari, which is limited to Apple users. And if I were on Apple hardware, I’d still install Vivaldi.