Change log  I'm traveling in the coming weeks have bought myself  - Travel router GL-AXT1800  - Private internet access VPN  I will be talking about how I get on with these upon my return.   The federated web is not all sunshine and rainbows   What is the federated web okta.com/uk/blog/2019/05/what-is-federation-and-why-should-your-apps-support-it/ 9 dark secrets of the federated web https://www.infoworld.com/article/3676590/9-dark-secrets-of-the-federated-web.html Benefits of the federated web Own your own data Choose the community/server you care about Support that community Privacy benefits No single company owns both the server and the client No ads (Yet) Competition Open source Trust in the code base The network will survive if your server drops Negatives of the federated web Many servers, Many admins and many problems Fragmented experiences Duplicated data is unsafe data Logs logs logs. At scale this isn’t cheap Stay off the block chain The admins are sysadmins not just community admins Let me know what you think https://howtocodewell.fm/contact